"'They asked if the restaurant had I-9 forms,' says Natasha Neely, Pupatella’s VP of Brand Marketing & Growth. The staff asked if they had a warrant, and they didn’t. The agents said they were just doing some 'administrative work.' The staff referred them to the pizza chain’s corporate office, and the agents left."
by Simorie
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Fuck ICE.
They will lie cheat and steal to get access to shit they are not legally allowed to touch.
Remember if they don’t have a warrant signed by a judge you can tell them to fuck off. They have no right to he in your business and absolutely no right to access personnel records or staff only areas.
They do carry administrative warrants which give them the right to arrest the person listed on those warrants but only if that person is in a public place. They can’t use that warrant to gain access to anywhere that isn’t public.
Bunch of fucking scumbags.
They can enter areas that the public are invited into. But fuck them, they can’t enter the fuckin’ kitchen without the judicial warrant. No Cherry Pie for them.
ACAB includes ICE for damn sure.
Manager in DC here. The mood is fucking tense right now. There’s a rumor they were going after the nannie’s in the parks today. Mods in the local sub are actively deleting posts talking about raids, but leaving up the misinformation ones.
We’re doing a team meeting every day now. I’ve collected every phone number for legal aide and housing assistance I can. Signs are posted everywhere indicating this is a private area. We may even stop offering delivery until this is over.
Putting aside the politics and legality of everything, these people are our friends and neighbors. We can’t do this without them. I wish everyone would just take a breath and remember that.
i don’t know how a person wakes up every day and decides to go to work for ICE, but i hope every last one of those motherfuckers’ blood turns to worms.
They’re gonna find so much sand to pound…
ACAB
They have three days to get I9 forms in order. They can’t demand to inspect them like that.
FUCK ICE
Designate non-public space with a locking door. Put people in the office if ICE arrives. They legally cannot execute a warrant.
https://providers.org/assets/2025/01/ICE-Guidance.What-facility-management-should-do-before-an-enforcement-action-.pdf
>We also don’t want them to go back to our restaurants scare everybody.
But that’s the fucking point?
May the lowest stone in the sea be on top of your head- is a reply that comes to mind for those pigs
There is a zero percent chance they aren’t shaking down people for bribes.
Why are DC restaurants hiring illegals?
Don’t exploit vulnerable staff and this wouldn’t be a problem. Hire legally 🙂
chang chang turned them away too – they tried to push past the manager but staff held the line and they fucked off. there’s a post about it on r/nova