A Day Without Immigrants movement, a protest against the immigration policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.

At the same time, several school districts, particularly in Southern California, reported high levels of student absenteeism.

A sign announcing the closure of a business in protest of “A Day Without Immigrants” was displayed on Monday on the storefront of a shop in New York. Dozens of businesses across the United States shut down in response to a call made on social media under the slogan *A Day Without Immigrants*, organized in protest against immigration policies implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.

Dozens of businesses across the U.S. closed on Monday following the call for action on social media, echoing the A Day Without Immigrants movement, a protest against the immigration policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.

According to Wendy Guardado, at least 250 businesses nationwide shut their doors in solidarity with the protest. At the same time, several school districts—especially in Southern California—saw significant student absences.

The Los Angeles Times cited an anonymous teacher from an elementary school in Southern California who reported that at least 390 out of 670 students were absent, with many parents citing the protest as the reason.

A Day Without Immigrants

This movement mirrors a similar demonstration held in February 2017, just one month after Trump began his first term. It also led to staff shortages in several small businesses as some employees participated in the protest.

National media outlets reported that several workers from a Senate café in Washington, D.C., did not report to work on Monday.

“My parents immigrated here so we could have a better life. I think we need to spread the word and raise awareness. We’re here just to work, and we want to do this for our parents and our people, so they know they have rights,” said Ana Cacatci in an interview with NBC’s Chicago affiliate.

Cacatci was among those who participated in a demonstration supporting the movement in Chicago, one of the cities where Trump’s administration has been conducting immigration raids since last week.

In many Hispanic-owned businesses, signs were posted informing customers of the closures in solidarity with the *Day Without Immigrants* movement.

For Víctor Narro, project director at the UCLA Labor Center, Monday’s protest highlighted that with an aging population and declining birth rates, the U.S. economy will increasingly depend on immigrant labor.

“The effectiveness of these mobilizations depends more on the message they send,” he told The Los Angeles Time*.

The online call to action, which began circulating last week, urged immigrants to skip work, keep their children home from school, and refrain from making purchases throughout Monday.

During his campaign, Republican Donald Trump promised the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. Within his first two weeks in office, he revoked several immigration protections, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans.

Additionally, Trump has announced plans to install up to 30,000 beds at the Guantánamo Naval Base in Cuba to detain undocumented immigrants.