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A group of Yemeni business owners shut down their delis, grocery stores and bodegas across New York City Thursday in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, including the place many of the shopkeepers call home.

The mass closing started at noon and was expected to last until 8 p.m.

Organizers say hundreds of the stores around the city are expected to take part to show how much they’re a part of the fabric of New York City. They say several thousand of the neighborhood stores are owned by Yemenis.

After the bodega shutdown, organizers were holding a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall Thursday evening.

Trump’s executive order barring people hailing from Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Syria for 90 days has resulted in travelers being detained or deported from the United States. Many have been stranded in other countries.

(AP)