Hundreds have gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York as part of a protest and strike by bodega owners of President Trump's executive order on immigrants and refugees.

A Facebook page for the protest, titled "Yemeni Businesses Shut Down & Rally Against 'Muslim Ban,' " said stores would close Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. The rally was scheduled to begin with a Muslim call to prayer, the page said, followed by some members of the Yemeni-American community " sharing personal stories of how their lives and families have been impacted by the ban," the page said.

The action is meant to "be a public show of the vital role these grocers and their families play in New York's economic and social fabric," the group added. The New York City bodega business community is mainly dominated by Yemeni-Americans, according to BuzzFeed News.

Many are upset with the president's executive order that blocks people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days. Trump's order also indefinitely halted the entry of refugees from Syria and suspended the broader U.S. refugee program for 120 days.

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More than 1,000 stores were expected to join the protest and strike in New York.

People took to social media Thursday to share photos of the hundreds of protesters who joined in the community prayer at the start of the protests. Others shared photos of their local bodegas closed as part of the strike.







View from my office of the Yemeni Bodega Owner's Strike protesting travel ban in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall. #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/dWfRs8ucXn — Starfishncoffee (@starfishncoffee) February 2, 2017

In tears at the amazing turn out for #BodegaStrike by Yemenis and it's only 3pm. pic.twitter.com/JbFbPHwZLJ — Dr.Debbie Almontaser (@DebbiAlmontaser) February 2, 2017

Hundreds of Yemeni bodega owners and workers praying outside Borough Hall pic.twitter.com/uzY5Wm1pz3 — Lauren Gill (@laurenk_gill) February 2, 2017

#BodegaStrike is everything today! From each of our trenches, all our actions add up & make a difference. #NoBanNoWall #ResistAndBuild pic.twitter.com/GvoDwph4xg — Roxana Bendezú (@RoxanaBendezu) February 2, 2017