Several metro Atlanta restaurants are participating Thursday in "A Day Without Immigrants" protests going on across the nation.
The nationwide boycott is meant to show the impact of immigrant dollars on the U.S. economy.
Immigrants across the country are missing work, classes and shopping.
The effort is being tracked on Twitter using the hashtag #daywithoutimmigrants.
Several local restaurants are either closing or donating proceeds to organizations that support refugee and immigrant rights.
Farm Burger
The burger restaurant closed all its metro Atlanta locations in Dunwoody, Decatur and Buckhead.
Farm Burger released a statement addressing the closures.
Chai Pani and Botiwalla
The Chai Pani restaurant group, which owns Chai Pani in Decatur and Botiwalla in Ponce City Market, as well as two restaurants in Asheville, will donate 100 percent of its eateries proceeds to the ACLU.
Cakes & Ale restaurants
Cakes & Ale in Decatur and Bread & Butterfly and Proof Bakeshop in Atlanta are participating by donating 100 percent of proceeds to United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led organization that advocates for the dignity of immigrant youth and families.
La Michoacana Del Tio Tino
The gourmet Mexican ice cream shop -- which has locations at the Gwinnett Place Mall in Gwinnett, Sugarloaf Mills in Duluth, Northlake Mall in Tucker and in Athens -- is closed in observance of "A Day Without Immigrants," according to Tomorrow's News Today.
Owner Kirby Liu’s parents are Taiwanese immigrants.
This article was written by Yvonne Zusel, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
