Restaurants try to take out Trump's immigration policies

On the same day President Trump squared off with the White House press corps, upscale Washington restaurants shuttered to protest his immigration policies.

"A Day Without Immigrants" was a general strike held Thursday, with supporters trying to show what they believe would happen if Trump's hardline stance went into effect: drastically fewer immigrants in schools, shopping and working in the nation's major cities.

But in the nation's capital, restaurant patrons were hardest hit. Nearly half the city's food industry workers are estimated to be foreign-born, leading to more than two dozen Washington restaurant closures.

Celebrity chef Jose Andres closed down all five of his high-end D.C. eateries. He has been battling Trump since 2015, when he pulled out of a plan to open a restaurant in the lobby of the future president's Washington hotel. The move was prompted by Trump's comments about Mexican illegal immigrants during his campaign announcement speech.

Women could be seen standing dejectedly outside Hank's Oyster Bar in Old Town Alexandria. It too was closed for business in solidarity with striking immigrant workers. "I guess I'll have to blame the president for this," one of them complained.