Kimberly Adams

In New York City, Fannie Gerson of Fan Fan Donuts and the restaurant Mijo says the vast majority of her employees are immigrants.

And so today, like many businesses around the country, she faced a choice.

She asked her employees what they wanted, and everyone chose to shut down.

In Wisconsin, TJ Samanshin, owner of Wonder State Coffee, says it's important to him to keep showing solidarity with the movement, even if there's a financial cost.

But not everyone can do that.

Caroline Glover of the restaurant Annette and the traveling Mercy's Bar in Aurora, Colorado, says this is a tough time of year.

For us, closing down on a Friday night at the end of the slowest month of the year just was not a business decision that we could do.

You know, we couldn't support our staff financially if we did that.

She says most employees told her... They want to work because they have rent to make at the end of the month.

So she decided on a middle ground.

They're open and donating 10% of sales all weekend to refugee and immigrant rights organizations.

In the Twin Cities, hundreds of businesses shut their doors last Friday, including St.

Paul's store, The Yarnery.

But co-owner Scott Rohr says he's not shutting down today.

He says he and the business are in this for the long term.

So he's planning for what other actions or closures might look like in the future.

I'm Carla Javier for Marketplace.

Coming up... I want a nice drink.

I want a fancy drink.

I don't want to spend that money, though.