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>> WE'RE NOT BAD PEOPLE. WE WANT TO WORK. WE WANT TO PURSUE THE AMERICAN DREAM .>> Reporter: THOSE WORDS WERE ECHOED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THOUSANDS RALLIED FROM CHICAGO TO RALEIGH TO MINNEAPOLIS, AND SCORES OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, WERE SHUTTERED. IT WAS ALL IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT WORKERS WHO SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEPORTATION POLICIES THREATEN THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR FUTURE IN THIS COUNTRY. A THIRD OF AMERICAN SERVICE JOBS ARE HELD BY UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS. OVER TWO MILLION IMMIGRANTS WORK IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY ALONE .>> EVERY BUSINESS ON THIS STREET IS GENERALLY OPEN. NONE OF THEM ARE TODAY .>> Reporter: BEN MILLER FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND HIS WIFE, CRISTINA MARTINEZ, WHO CAME HERE ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO, OWN EL COMPADRE IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA. TODAY, THEY KEPT DOORS CLOSED. DO YOU THINK TAKING ONE DAY OFF REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ?>> THIS IS, LIKE, JUST FLEXING .>> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT TO JUST SHOW -->> THE MUSCLE .>> Reporter: THE MAJOR IMPACT IT COULD HAVE BY JUST ONE DAY ?>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE SUPPORT THE WORKERS. WE SUPPORT PROTECTION FOR WORKERS, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING .>> Reporter: NEARBY, LE VIRTU RESTAURANT IS OPERATING WITH LIMITED STAFF. OWNERS SAY THEY UNDERSTAND WHY WORKERS LIKE JOSSELIN BAUTISTA TOOK THE DAY OFF .>> IF WE DON'T WORK, HOW HARD WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY, THIS COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME .>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS HERE IN PHILADELPHIA SAY AT LEAST 80 RESTAURANTS SHUT DOWN OR HAD LIMITED SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS PROTEST. SCOTT, ANOTHER EVENT IS BEING PLANNED ALREADY FOR MAY 1 .>> Pelley: JERICKA DUNCAN
