Businesses around the country went dark Monday and protesters took to the streets as part of a “day without immigrants” strike to showcase the importance of their role in the U.S. economy. The campaign,

Families — most of them not immigrants — pulled some 450 children from day care and preschool, about 70% of those enrolled in Minnesota alone, where most of the organization’s centers are, Denzer said. Several staffers who had been on the fence decided to take the day after the show of support.

A movement aimed at demonstrating how vital immigrants are to the U.S. economy is planned for Monday in Minnesota and across the country.

The protest comes against a backdrop of renewed ICE raids in New York City and elsewhere in the country since President Trump took office.

( The Hill) — Restaurants in multiple cities are closing for one day to mark a “day without immigrants.”

A number of DC restaurants will close today, February 3 for a “Day Without Immigrants,” a protest of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown that aims to show the enormous impact immigrants have on the hospitality industry.

A day after levying steep new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, President Trump acknowledged what economists, members of Congress and even some of his own aides — in their previous lives — have been saying all along: Americans may find themselves paying the costs.

Numerous businesses across the country purposely closed on Monday to stage a protest against the illegal immigration enforcement policies of President Donald Trump. Organizers of the “Day Without Immigrants” protest encouraged supporters to essentially go on a one-day strike and not go to school,