An empty lot in Sonoma, California, where a food truck usually stands with a sign reading "We're closed for a day without immigrants".
Date
February 3, 2025
Location
United States
A Day without Immigrants, or Day without Immigrants, was a protest organized in multiple cities across the United States on February 3, 2025, in response to the second Donald Trump administration's immigration policies.[1] Businesses nationwide closed or gave employees the day off to highlight the contribution of immigrants to society.[2] The event saw business closures across the U.S., rallies, and assistance with legal issues such as anticipating the care of children of detained parents.[3]
Federal practices leading to the protest included arrests at schools, churches and other sensitive locations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in major U.S. cities with hundreds of arrests per day.[4] Noel Xavier, organizing director for the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, said that "while it’s important to remind the country of the value migrant workers bring to the communities they toil in, many workers couldn’t afford to take a day off".[5]
Colorado saw protests at the Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora and the Capitole Building in Denver. CU Denver Associate Professor of Economics Chloe East said immigrants are a crucial part of Denver's economy and labor force.[13]
Illinois
Some businesses either closed or made donations in "solidarity", while workers and students went "on strike" in Chicago, Illinois.[14] Govenor J.B. Pritzker, questioned the aggressive approach of the federal crackdown and the effect for others, particularly for law-abiding immigrants.[15]
People stopped shopping and businesses closed for the protest in the Seattle metro area of Washington, where, according to the American Immigration Council, more than 770,000 immigrants resided in 2022, contributing $31 billion in spending power and paying $12.7 billion in taxes.[27]
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