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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-based federal minimum wage hike.

In this week’s Working Lunch, Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies discuss Trump’s apparent flip-flop on immigration enforcement. At one point, the President said raids at restaurants and hotels would be paused, but the next week they continued with aggressive force. How should operators prepare for what’s ahead?

In addition, the President responded to a Republican proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Is there any “there” there?

 

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