'Day Without Immigrants': Protest Closes Restaurants in US
Protesters march in the streets outside the Texas State Capital on 'A Day Without Immigrants' on Feb. 16.
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Philadelphia (AP) -- The heart of Philadelphia's Italian Market was uncommonly quiet. Fine restaurants in New York, San Francisco and the nation's capital closed for the day. Grocery stores, food trucks, coffee shops, diners and taco joints in places like Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston shut down.
Immigrants around the U.S. stayed home from work and school Thursday to demonstrate how important they are to America's economy, and many businesses closed in solidarity, in a nationwide protest called A Day Without Immigrants.