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A deportation crackdown sows fear across the restaurant industry

 By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 17, 2025

The Trump Administration's immigration crackdown is devastating the restaurant industry, with ICE arrests creating widespread fear among workers and customers. Immigrant restaurant workers, who comprise 22% of the food industry workforce, are staying home or choosing self-deportation, while restaurant sales plummet in immigrant communities.

Workforce

Customs and Border Protection is looking for recruits by advertising on pizza boxes

 By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 15, 2025

At least one Atlanta restaurant pushed back after receiving the free boxes, reportedly calling the move "propaganda."

Operations

Why ICE raids will get worse before they get better

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 26, 2025

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at the Trump Administration's "herky jerky" immigration enforcement and how restaurant operators should prepare. And the President reacts to a Republican-backed federal minimum wage hike.

Financing

The labor situation is better, but for how long?

By Jonathan Maze on May 22, 2025

The Bottom Line: The supply of workers is strong enough that restaurant chains can expand hours and go on hiring sprees. But limits on immigration could stop that.

Workforce

How restaurants are pushing back on Trump deportation sweeps

By Lisa Jennings on Feb. 07, 2025

The Administration's efforts to purge those without legal status has sparked fear throughout the industry. But this week brought protests and fundraising efforts to support those impacted.

Operations

What to do if ICE comes knocking

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 27, 2025

The promised immigration sweeps began in earnest over the weekend, and the restaurant industry is vulnerable. Here's how employers need to prepare for the possibility that their workers will be targeted.

Workforce

What President Biden had to say to restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 08, 2024

Reality Check: In his State of the Union Address, the chief executive touched on several government actions that would change restaurateurs' world. But except for his comments on immigration, it was deja vu all over again.

Workforce

New York tries a program for turning asylum seekers into restaurant cooks

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 31, 2024

A pilot program undertaken with the instructional institution C-CAP aims to steer the immigrants into foodservice jobs, starting with positions in New York City.

Workforce

Texas' new law spells trouble for restaurants. But mum's the word

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2023

Reality Check: The industry can't publicly condemn Abbott's anti-immigrant measure without looking like a chronic lawbreaker.

Workforce

For a large sector of the U.S. hospitality market, immigration reform is personal

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2023

Asian-American hotel operators can trace their families' arrivals to just a generation or two ago. They appreciate how a more open immigration policy would ease the U.S.'s labor plight.

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