A sign on the door of Rosa Mexican Restaurant explaining they are closed for Immigration Day 2017. A number of restaurants in Washington, D.C., will remain closed or be short-staffed February 16, 2017 as foreign-born workers show solidarity with a campaign aimed at protesting President Donald Trump's policy toward immigrants. "A day without immigrants" is a grassroots campaign calling on foreign-born people across the country whatever their legal status may be to not work or spend money to demonstrate the importance of immigrants, both in the context of their labor potential and consumer spending in the country.