Seattle-area businesses close for 'A Day Without Immigrants' | FOX 13 Seattle

Businesses across western Washington closed their doors on Monday to give the public a glimpse of what a day without immigrants might look like.
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[@EM-ex5ih]

Congrats! You prove we can live without you.

[@punnymoney3692]

OMG!!! ROTFL!! Sick burn!! 🔥😂

[@Nanna07-r9m]

USA stol the mexican territory , then the mexican took it back. You will no be rid of mexicans because mexican är the natives in USA. Your ignorance is huge!

[@joete3324]

Theres a HUGE DIFF between IMMIGRANTS vs ILLEGALS immigrant. Im an immigrant but i did it legally decades ago.

[@Prague1810]

But MAGA doesn’t care. If you’re not white, you’re not right. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thebandit7623]

It does not matter if your here legally. If racist are in charge. In there are you are illegal. Why you think many racist say to black people "go back to your country" when it was their racist ancestors that kidnapped them in the 1st place. You will be asked for your papers just like the Nazis did. Also explain how you did it. By waiting your turn or seeking asylum? Cause if is Asylum is looked down by certain that are not racist.

[@daisyapontehavenmemoriestr8552]

Exactly

[@Prague1810]

@@daisyapontehavenmemoriestr8552 But MAGA doesn’t care. If you’re not the same color as them, you don’t belong here. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@therealgirl83]

What they are asking for is a pathway for those who are here. Let’s not pretend that I am sure you have been served by one of them and you enjoy the taxes they pay because they will never get it. They are willing to be patient, reject public funds and wait in line in a pathway while here.

[@LuvmykidsMucho]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....its not about IMMIGRANTS... BUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, dang people are stupid...

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

THEIR IQ IS BELOW ZERO!! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@PhenominalScorpio2]

FACTS!💯

[@bottlethrower1544]

Infuriating. Trying to make it sound like this is some grass roots popular movement

[@EM-ex5ih]

The court refers to them as criminal aliens. Just fyi

[@A.Dude.]

It's local TV who spins it into a wrong direction... They want to mix-up legals like myself with illegals... Sad!

[@elichavez3068]

A day without illegal immigrants? Because legal and illegal immigrants are totally different.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

THEY ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO GET THAT... THEIR IQ IS BELOW ZERO!! LOL! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@aapigeonfarm144]

STFU😂 NO MATTER IF YOU'RE ILLEGAL OR LEGAL YOU'RE STILL AN IMMIGRANT!!👍

[@aapigeonfarm144]

EVEN LEGAL IMMIGRANTS BORN IN THE 🇺🇸 WERE PROTESTING 🇲🇽🇺🇸

[@chonchoyo3597]

@@elichavez3068 ( eli chavez ) that says alot to them. To whom? The whites. They want you out too, your not part of their agendan, you'll never b one of them. Learn somerhing from 1930s

[@tulip6371]

@@aapigeonfarm144really, that’s very kind of those legal immigrants who supported the illegal immigrants. Can I have their home address so I can move into their house to have free meals and to live there without paying monthly rents? Since they’re nice to support illegals, they don’t mind to have strangers live in their house without their permission, do they? All B.S.

[@CPAgamer313]

Lets do a year without them next

[@allentarver6286]

hahahahahahahhaha

[@aapigeonfarm144]

THEN YOU BETTER START WORKING IN THE FIELDS😂😂😂

[@rontalks8953]

​@aapigeonfarm144 they wont hence why immigrants are a ton in the country

[@bearmerica6668]

@@aapigeonfarm144 Deport, deport, deport.

[@chrischreative2245]

@@aapigeonfarm14490% of the, go to cities. They’re not picking crops pls]U.S. crops are picked by 40% by machines. 45% of Mexicans are on tax payer public assistance.

[@blane5119]

What part of illegal dont these people understand.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

ALL 7 LETTERS!! LOL!! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Only when it comes to the 2nd amendment.

[@contabilidad1018]

MAGA

[@gregjames2684]

​@@contabilidad1018 And let's begin Making America Smart Again 😊

[@warlords1775]

@@blane5119 Bedwetters of the PNW

[@gingergann3934]

Nobody should ever go back to a single one of those businesses that closed today.

[@RandC2]

That's what I thought!

[@ronsanchez4366]

They will though cant wait till their gone farms will close down and less people spending money Governor will have to cut spending somewhere

[@nothing2say-i1y]

Sounds like something Hitler would have said. Shame on you.

[@zyrockdaddy7060]

I agree let's boycott these ungrateful people!

[@cromero611]

Mexican Holiday

[@c.g5212]

We don't have a problem with immigrants when enter our country legally

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@allytay208]

@@Bky_2089yes

[@JUSTIN-ry4dn]

🛑EVEN THE MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS REQUIRE DEPORTATION ON THE SPOT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROPER VISA TO ENTER THE COUNTRY! MEXICAN IMMIGRANT AGENTS DEPORT. AMERICAN 1/2 MILLION A YEAR!!!

[@launicarodriguez1842]

You still you wouldn’t know the difference because you are racist

[@TrevorMelbourne-ef1in]

Muh, I want to be replaced LEGALLY! 🙄

[@kirstenperez4265]

This is a huge slap in the face for all immigrants who immigrated here legally.

[@genelyda1102]

Please stay close forever , if you can not operate with legal citizens😊

[@BestoftheBest-oz4ei]

Who cares ... we are talking about Seattle here...Seattle is already a lost cause!

[@Forever_Bestowing_Incompetence]

I bet AG is an ⚓ baby!

[@bball3048mm]

Some people do care. The world is not revolved around you.

[@JulianMendoza-o9f]

This person’s butt hurt cause he Trump support and didn’t get a goddamn taco 😂 viva mexico puto 🇲🇽

[@A.Dude.]

@@bball3048mm Nope... If Seattle voted they way it did, it also needs to face consequences. It appears to me Seattle loves crime... I don't care!

[@allentarver6286]

Americans don't care!!

[@jerrythompson7744]

need to shut Seattle down

[@RADRICK19]

Good.. We can send all of the border states migrants up there and let you white people get a taste of what it's really like.

[@RADRICK19]

Good, we can send you our migrants from the border states and y'all can see what they're really like. You don't have a clue.

[@sydneysider4232]

Yessss

[@NekoNebula1313]

Yes I agree it's already a ghost town nothing but zombies around

[@davidchase965]

​@@NekoNebula1313💯% truth

[@williamtruchinski577]

You people in Seattle are insane.

[@pbad2642]

@@williamtruchinski577 they are !! They're so damm stupid, they defaced Chris Cornell's and Jimi Hendrix statues 🤦🤡

[@JCtK858]

The guts, the entitlement. Their protest won't stop Trump, Homan and the Americans.

[@allentarver6286]

PREACH

[@glenncarroll3603]

You can close four days a week we don,t care, you're only hurting yourself. America can not handle every other country, s rejects.

[@launicarodriguez1842]

That’s what you think, do you know how much they pay just in taxes ???? We need them in this country, our country economy will be terrible with out them

[@xiaoyunchen8232]

It’s “Illegal Immigrant “ not “ immigrant”. Don’t mislead people!. It’s good that “ No Illegal immigrant!”

[@chonchoyo3597]

@@xiaoyunchen8232 and Asians go home

[@lilylittlemonster5]

Oh thank you for doing this. I've been needing a vacation from people who have no respect for my laws, disrespect my culture, tell me they work harder than me and then ask for tax payer funds cause they can't make enough money from doing the hard work.

[@MP77USA]

And evade taxes and all costs AMERICANS must pay, entirely.

[@Iamlegend-94]

Conveniently left the word illegal out of it 🧐🧐

[@defconsupply3990]

I'd like a century without Illegals

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@josephconner3742]

You obviously can't wait for inflation to explode! Got it!

[@Bky_2089]

I don’t think so

[@ComelyDemure]

Mexicans Aren’t Going Anywhere 🫶🏼✊🏼❤️

[@josephconner3742]

@@defconsupply3990 stop whining, and get a job!

[@fifthwheel111]

Who’s gonna tell him that nobody cares

[@Fat12219]

I got new shoes 😂😂

[@allentarver6286]

Me too

[@kenmore01]

Guess you just did. 😄

[@BillyOnYouTube]

Look at all these empty businesses that could remain open with American citizens.

[@Aeson-np8tr]

So we are to understand that when immigrants don’t go to work, they will be in the streets terrorizing citizens, rioting, vandalizing property, preventing random people from going to work or to medical appointments, forcing random businesses to close down due to their street and highway take-overs and causing municipalities to call-in and holdover police on overtime... Make it make sense, m0rons!!

[@josephconner3742]

You think that the lazy Americans are willing to give up their Public assistance to work for $5.00 an hour?!

[@kayjay407]

Walmart, Publix, Amazon, Macy's, Auto Zone, Applebee's, Carrabas, Ruth's Chris, Bocas Grill, etc. are open. Trash collection, lawn services, maid services, government offices, and schools are still conducting business. Yeah, I think we'll survive.😂

[@allentarver6286]

SWEET!!

[@yurivietsubvn]

I believe we will survive better. More resources, more street parking in populated neighborhoods, more gov benefits to legal immigrants, etc. I hope they celebrate this for a year or longer.

[@kodiakbear3519]

These people are delusional. Good luck with that 👍🏿.

[@jeffreyallen9626]

TRUMP and homan and ICE making America great and safe again 2025🗽🇺🇲

[@teresabravo564]

You know what’s tragic the American people having to subsidize them so they can send money home and remittances that’s really tragic

[@BoEkingster]

WE ARE IMMIGRANTS, WE SUPPORT ALL LEGAL IMMIGRANTS... ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS MUST GO 💯🇺🇸

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@FrankieD-mj3ew]

💯👍👏

[@DianaBeurman-lucero]

That's right!

[@VinceYoutubr]

Go trump!

[@VinceYoutubr]

I support immigrants! Just not the illegals that Dems seems to like

[@scott21113]

If the illegal immigrants spent the day not committing crimes maybe the police force could take a day off.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

LOL GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@Aeson-np8tr]

So we are to understand that when immigrants don’t go to work, they will be in the streets terrorizing citizens, rioting, vandalizing property, preventing random people from going to work or to medical appointments, forcing random businesses to close down due to their street and highway take-overs and causing municipalities to call-in and holdover police on overtime... Make it make sense, m0rons!!

[@lilylittlemonster5]

Yes. There needs to be some coordination on that front. The taxpayers need a break.

[@Prague1810]

@@scott21113 Also white criminals.

[@WessyD123]

how about a 'closed for a day without immigrant crime'

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@katyelder.5]

Statistically, most crime is committed by US citizens.

[@Aeson-np8tr]

@@katyelder.5 ...and when they are caught, they are imprisoned (or at least that's what is supposed to happen).

[@joadcock65]

The difference is legal and illegal

[@johndang9356]

They can close forever , see if anybody give a F .

[@cliftonbenderman5752]

How come these business are not being fine for hiring illegal immigrants?

[@MP77USA]

Exactly! 1984 laws not enforced WHY???

[@wj2791]

Go ahead and close more often.. President Trump is doing his best to make our country great again.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@johnrhardin6460]

They want keep the doors locked long. Soon as those bills come in they will be glad to open them.

[@laurkelly6924]

Ong . Keep em closed forever. Anyways they don’t hire our American citizens but will hire their illegal friends and family on spot

[@kayej1609]

Can you even imagine going to another country and acting like this?

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! THEIR SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT IS SMTH... THEY SAY THEY WON'T PUT UP W TRUMP'S ORDERS!!! THEY SO NAIVE, ITS HILARIOUS!!!

[@Aeson-np8tr]

So we are to understand that when immigrants don’t go to work, they will be in the streets terrorizing citizens, rioting, vandalizing property, preventing random people from going to work or to medical appointments, forcing random businesses to close down due to their street and highway take-overs and causing municipalities to call-in and holdover police on overtime... Make it make sense, m0rons!!

[@RADRICK19]

Send them to Poland. See what happens. 😂

[@mariarenteria6132]

@@wishIKnewHowToLoveI CALL IT IGNORANCE, THEY DON’T KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LEDING OUR USA 🇺🇸 NATION 🤣🤣🤣

[@miker5893]

dont break the law by coming here illegally and expect to have the moral high ground.

[@hardlessons9732]

What happened to all the money you saved by paying migrants under the table 👀

[@Aeson-np8tr]

So we are to understand that when immigrants don’t go to work, they will be in the streets terrorizing citizens, rioting, vandalizing property, preventing random people from going to work or to medical appointments, forcing random businesses to close down due to their street and highway take-overs and causing municipalities to call-in and holdover police on overtime... Make it make sense, m0rons!!

[@kenmore01]

Shhh, they pay taxes, so they say.

[@proudtobepaganandheathen.8466]

Illegal immigrants

[@danielmichaelconnolly]

It's nice and quiet for a change.

[@CynthiaPearson-h2i]

Lol 😂 right

[@allytay208]

Day without slave labor

[@tcbforever1809]

Thanks for letting ice and Us know where to find you !!

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

LOL!! IQ BELOW ZERO!! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@gunsole64]

Anyone notice how well the traffic was flowing today?

[@CiShenTang]

If illegals wanna stay in USA, put your efforts to become legal immigrants! Doing the same as all legal immigrants put their efforts and finally get documented!

[@MP77USA]

No. If they don’t qualify they don’t GET to come. Period. Lots of humans wish they were born worse where - doesn’t qualify them. America isn’t a Pity Party. We need to close the bleeding heart drain and shore up and get competitive and clean again.

[@LisaHicks-m1f]

Arrest all

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@LisaHicks-m1f]

Don’t go back to work, school or anything else

[@anthonynelson391]

Ya'll aren't hurting citizens closing your doors. Ya'll just hurting your business. Pretty soon gonna have to close for good. Keep it up

[@rob4n12]

I will Boycott every location I see closed for this celebration.

[@TJJS982]

Too bad! Legals don’t have to hide!

[@gunstrucks]

You have to obey the law of the land and you are not what y’all are doing is making people want y’all gone even more we do t need this in our country

[@josephconner3742]

Obey the Laws of the land?! Unless you attack the Capitol on Jan 6th!

[@gunstrucks]

@ I know right The democrats planned that attack. That’s why they were all freed . Don’t tell me you haven’t seen the videos of the police escorting people in the capitol like they were on a tour . But let’s not forget the real terrorist Antifa and BLM BURNING DOWN CITIES and killing innocent people and police officers for 6 months tearing down statues looting buildings and homes car jacking innocent people’s cars

[@hahafalseflag5090]

lol them Seattle demoncrats are angry

[@mcmelonmaster]

More like "hide from ICE day"

[@manojchowdhary4208]

Looks like Seattle is going to get back CHAZ/CHOP!!

[@Prague1810]

@@manojchowdhary4208 You’re definitely a DEI hire.

[@TonyByers-so8ie]

No illegal immigrants!

[@herbertRobinson-y6c]

They should not be here if they are here illegally.

[@chonchoyo3597]

@@herbertRobinson-y6c white devils are not suppose to be in the Americas too but they are here like roaches.

[@JoseDelacruz-k4u]

They are closed? Have it your way. Illegal immigrant is the backbone of whose economy? Let's see who going tobe impacted.

[@chonchoyo3597]

@@JoseDelacruz-k4u no way jose is what they say.

[@sonandpets1215]

If they work so hard, Why do they need welfare, food stamps (whatever the name is) and the rest of hand outs?

[@pfabs3124]

Greatest day in Seattle in decades

[@compass7099]

Way to report lies it's about illegal immigrants not legal immigrants we all love our legal immigrants but not the illegal..!!

[@rustynails8756]

Yeah it really is a slap in the face to my friends who obeyed the rules, paid the fees, and learned all the history. My friends who love this country so much they became legal citizens and would never dream of carrying a foreign flag around while degrading our country. Some have even served in the military. These whiny criminals whose very first act upon coming here is to break the law don't get my sympathy or respect.

[@mattmccluskey2213]

A day without immigrants will never happen. But give us time and a day without illegal immigrants will definitely happen..

[@Lee-yn7rc]

Common, close it permanently.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@Mewbie25]

With fewer people here, we won’t need as many goods and services.

[@maybebaby1112]

I didn’t notice a thing until I opened you tube this evening

[@eva32675]

Exactly, same here in El Paso Texas

[@albertheckman4168]

Are they legal or illegal thats the point

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

ILLEGALS!!!

[@hoapres]

Nobody cares if you shut your business down for a day. Enough businesses were open.

[@jeffrey8921]

And crimes also suddenly appear to be gone for a day.

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

Common .... Immigrants and Illegal Immigrants are 2 completely different things .... MAGA!!!!

[@Robertnoparty]

Legal immigrants, not illegal immigrants

[@mikemcnamee6030]

I wish they would do this for an entire year to REALLY get their point across. Nobody WANTS to live in that hellhole anyways 🤷🏻

[@PaulLuke-u7c]

It’s Illegal immigrants

[@lavender-m1q]

Insane illegal always cause trouble...

[@brandonosborne5070]

Great idea! They just made it easier for ICE to find them.

[@miker5893]

Mexican citizens sent a record $63 billion in remittances to Mexico in 2023, with the majority of this money coming from the United States, representing a 7.6% increase from the previous year. “Mexico's drug industry accounts for between $11 and $39 billion in profits annually, or between one per cent and three per cent of its $1.4 trillion GDP, while about 450,000 Mexicans earn a substantial portion of their income from drug trafficking. What percentage of illegal immigrants are on welfare? . its estimated that 59.4 percent of illegal immigrant households use one or more welfare programs as of Sep 25, 2024

[@edstraight846]

Close Seattle. Who cares?

[@keeplaughing8181]

Close and leave while you're at it.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

Looks peaceful. More quietness please.

[@Midnite2024]

I didn’t even notice they were missing today??? but it sure was peaceful without them.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

LOL! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@chonchoyo3597]

@Midnite2024 but it would be more peaceful if you go back to europe.

[@Romas65]

Boycott these traitors, as always, it's all about them. I took note on these private public service stores or cafes, am not ever going to thier business again. Hope they enjoy thier values.

[@VictorRodriguez-oj1hg]

Don't threaten me ..with a GOOD TIME..😂🤣😂 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@wesleyblacksher1641]

TRUMP ALREADY GOT MY VOTE! You already sold me!

[@RADRICK19]

Amen to that!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@richardhansen342]

Lol overpriced restaurants are already struggling with minimum wage increases. Close them permanently no problem.

[@gsantana4087]

Get em out!!!!

[@careyhodes2965]

Such a great day silence and no crime sounds like a win win

[@ahanna4396]

There not missed

[@gee2190]

The day without illegal immigrants...is beautiful day.

[@KOdi766]

Tens of bilions taxes paid but hundreds of billions for freebies from taxes...

[@flacarpetracer]

go get legal - then we will talk

[@flacarpetracer]

and no more mexicoooon flag waving - or get out

[@DonaldMains]

Title should read " A Day Without Illegal immigrants". There are still plenty of immigrants. There, I fixed it for you.

[@marcosmercedesn]

Illegal immigrants, stop the gaslight.

[@lavender-m1q]

illegal, do NOT open, should close forever...

[@anonymousmc7727]

Bye Felicia 😂😂 don’t ever shop at any of those places😊

[@CynthiaPearson-h2i]

😂 okkkaayy

[@JohnHarbeck-sm3dr]

Good Time for us citizens to take our country back. Clean up our cities!!!!!!

[@NickFarts-ex4wy]

Omg a record store closed 😮😮! How could Americans live without??!

[@traysloane4630]

I’ll just go to half price books best records ever

[@htownforever0510]

They’re just making it easier for ICE to find them 😂 You get what you voted for.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

IQ BELOW ZERO!!! LO!! GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@katyelder.5]

Do you think illegals are going to march ? 😂

[@christopherweber9464]

So why did I have to fill out a E-verify form ?

[@rustynails8756]

You work for a decent employer maybe

[@TheBlackToedOne]

Oh darn. I have to wait until Tuesday to buy what I was going to buy on Monday.......

[@sliturarse]

Criminals usually tend to break the law, then finds justification for their excuses.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

The IL part. That's what we oppose.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

GO, TRUMP!!! GO, ICE!!! GET THEM OUTTA HERE!!! MAGA!!!!

[@607roger]

Only their own pockets the business are hurting

[@bryandecluette9274]

Didn't inconvenience my day at all

[@alicesadler5441]

Illegal means you are not aloud in America !! Come to America legally no problem

[@kenmore01]

Gotta say, this news station just took a very unpopular stance. Im guessing it will not go over well.

[@barbarahayes7176]

I don’t think about them people have them getting assistance and spending our money tax dollars