Numerous businesses across the U.S. – including Montgomery County – are shutting their doors Monday for “A Day Without Immigrants,” a nationwide initiative aimed at demonstrating the vital role immigrants play in the U.S. economy and protesting recent anti-immigrant policies by the Trump administration.
Workers will stay home and consumers are urged not to shop.
Several restaurants in Montgomery County are participating including El Gavilan in Silver Spring.
According to the MoCoShow, these restaurants will also be closed:
- Centrado Café Shop (Burtonsville)
- Costa Grande Restaurant (Rockville)
- El Golfo (Silver Spring)
- El Viejo Central American Kitchen (Silver Spring)
- La Casita Pupusería, (Gaithersburg and Silver Spring)
- La Frontera (Gaithersburg)
- La Villa Restaurant (Gaithersburg)
- Los Chorros (Wheaton)
- Luchador Bar & Eats (Burtonsville)
- Megamart (Gaithersburg and Takoma Park)
- Rio Grande Bar & Grill (Germantown)
- Samantha’s Restaurant (Silver Spring)
- Tacos El Pariente,(Gaithersburg, Germantown and Olney)
In February 2017, there was A Day Without Immigrants in response to immigration policies enacted during Trump’s first term.
