More than 100 workers who protested during the "Day Without Immigrants" demonstration last week were fired because of it, NBC News reported Sunday (Feb. 19). The workers included restaurant and daycare employees from states such as Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma and New York. Some of the employers disputed to local media outlets that employees were fired because of the protest: In at least one case, the employer said the workers were fired because they had skipped work, unrelated to the reasoning behind their absence.

NBC News reports the firings included:

20 employees

2 staff members

25 workers at Ben's Kosher Delicatessen in Long Island, N.Y.

21 employees

12 workers

30 masonry workers

The nationwide "Day Without Immigrants" protest took aim at President Donald Trump's recent executive order directing federal, state and local authorities to toughen up on immigration law enforcement. Protesters sought to illustrate the potential impact on the US economy if it didn't employ immigrant workers.

Read the full story from NBC News here.