Mexican Restaurant's Authenticity Questioned After Experiencing Zero ICE Raids

Babylon Bee ^ | 6-28-25 | Babylon Bee

[dynachrome]

Locals have begun questioning the authenticity of purported Mexican restaurant "El Bandido" as ICE has yet to raid the restaurant a single time.

With nearby restaurants being hit by ICE on a near-daily basis, concerns about El Bandido's genuineness have risen as no waiter, cook, or busboy has been taken into custody.

"It's a bad look," said former patron Dan Billings. "How do you claim to serve authentic Mexican cuisine and your kitchen door hasn't even been broken down by ICE? It just doesn't add up. I'm taking my business over to Julio's, they're getting raided all the time. Just last week, ICE hit 'em right when I was getting my enchiladas. That's how you know it's good."

[dynachrome]

The Bee is on target!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL! Hilarious.

[TheDon]

Yes, very creative.

[KittyKares]

Hahaha! This is great.

[Deaf Smith]

There is a difference in Tex-Mex vs Meskin food.

I eat Tex-Mex foods.

[Dick Bachert]

[BradyLS]

Once again, crazy enough to be true!

[Organic Panic]

Taco Bell?

[I want the USA back]

This is the funniest yet!

[Bullish]

Yeah, I got a giggle or two out of this one.

[dynachrome]

Title probably changed to avoid lawsuits.

[Fiji Hill]

This tale of an illegal alien who became a successful restaurateur was a local hit in Los Angeles.

The Ballad of Pancho López--Lalo Guererro (1955)

[HartleyMBaldwin]

When did the Bee start reporting straight news?

[Allegra]

[ken in texas]

Ouch... the Bee almost got me this time. :-)

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Peek into the kitchen of any chinese food joint and you are likely to find more amigos than chinamen.

[NonValueAdded]

LOL

[Lyndal]

I know a Mexican restaurant in a small town where some of the cooks are Chinese.

Definitely not authentic! HAHAHA

[Republican Wildcat]

Some places have so many Mexican restaurants, the Latino immigrants (all legal families, by the way) are learning to make Asian, Italian, BBQ, etc. dishes and opening family owned and run restaurants of that variety. And actually they are good, too. A lot better than the corporate chains.

[El Cid]

Re: 6

LOL! I saw the initials closely match your name, but even if you didn't create this 'meme' (pre-meme era) it was spot on. Looking at the date, August 17, 2001, Bush and Fox were conspiring to make this happen, but then 9/11 occurred, and that threw a big wrench into their big plans.