News Summary

• Immigrants account for 253,000 workers, or 36% of the workforce, in DC’s restaurants, hotels and related sectors.
• Immigrants, both documented and undocumented, fear coming into DC and being on the streets, and some have been detained by Ice.
• Trump has attempted to claim that the crackdown is benefiting restaurants.
• But more have had to make do with fewer workers, fewer delivery drivers and fewer customers.“Restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people … making people afraid to go out,” José Andrés, the well-known Washington restaurateur, wrote on social media.