Cities across the country got a taste of that Thursday as businesses shut down and immigrants refused to spend money on "A Day Without Immigrants." "We have three prep cooks on strike today for 'A Day Without Immigrants.' "Unum strongly support 'day without immigrants' & after discussing with our staff we will be OPEN," the restaurant's Instagram page said. New York: Immigrant business owners unite with immigrant employeesManhattan's Dough doughnut shop shut down not just because the immigrant employees went on strike, but because the business owners are immigrants, too. Restaurants could be devastated without immigrantsWhile a wide array of businesses feel the impact of losing immigrant workers for a day, the restaurant industry would be crippled without them.

Source: CNN February 16, 2017 19:19 UTC