Posted on 06/26/2017 4:46:31 PM PDT by canalabamian
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The owner of one of Canton’s most popular waterfront restaurants, The Boathouse, says more than 30 immigrant workers left in fear after a Department of Homeland Security worker hand-delivered a letter demanding documentation of their immigration status.
That stunned the eatery’s customers.
“It seems like terrorizing people who are trying to work at the restaurant,” says customer Michelle Zhang. “It’s not only bad for for the business but it’s bad for the families.”
“If that many left… are they not following the policy?” asks Ryan Horan, another customer. “Are they not doing it the way they should be doing it?”
Owner Gene Singleton insists his business was in compliance with immigration law.
He posted a letter posted online Saturday, he wrote:
“Based on our Government’s current practices of targeting the Hispanic Community, properly documented and potentially less than properly documented are all fearful of being separated from their families, many with small children. Many went home to pack up and leave.”
Singleton declined to speak on camera, but one first generation Mexican-American customer, Roman, says he sees no problem with immigration officials checking the status of workers.
“We’ve just got to make sure that everybody is playing by the same rules,” he says.
WJZ has learned that The Boathouse was not the only business targeted.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement won’t confirm or deny any ongoing investigations in Baltimore, but the Trump administration has increasingly been cracking down.
Immigration officers are now forcing out undocumented immigrants without criminal records, fast-tracking almost 1 million nationwide for deportation.
“More phone calls from family members and friends of my clients saying I have to check in and my friend checked in and she just got arrested and she’s gone now,” says immigration attorney George Lobb.
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Might as well run down the street naked. At least they’ll feed you in jail.
What’s a Chinese restaurant doing hiring Mexicans anyway?
Authentic? Not!
If illegal, throw them out. A $hithole like Baltimore would not even notice. Didn’t the city promote riots 2 years ago?
>>What’s a Chinese restaurant doing hiring Mexicans anyway?
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Serving bulitos and fligoleys.
I’ve got a strange & unique idea for The Boathouse management -— hire US citizens or folks here LEGALLY!
SMH . . . . What part of ILLEGAL do these people NOT understand ??
GET ‘EM OUT ! ALL OF ‘EM !!
Snoot
Why wasn’t the restaurant owner arrested for hiring illegals?
So, in other words, the restaurant owners admit to the crime of hiring illegal aliens.
Were I in charge of the INS, ICE, IRS etc. I’d be investigating these loudmouths to make sure all of their business paperwork is in order.
If you are properly documented, you are home free, you have no problem. Why would you be fearful?
[ Baltimore Restaurant Owner Says 30 Employees Left Due To ICE Crackdown ]
Surely they were not illegal!
Or were they? (obviously)
(time for Leslie Nielsen)
So, in other words, the restaurant owners admit to the crime of hiring illegal aliens.
Were I in charge of the INS, ICE, IRS etc. I’d be investigating these loudmouths to make sure all of their business paperwork is in order.
The restaurant seems to have been systematically violating federal law. Perhaps the Feds should look into a RICO case.
“’More phone calls from family members and friends of my clients saying I have to check in and my friend checked in and she just got arrested and she’s gone now,’” says IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY George Lobb.
Well! I guess you’re not doing your job well enough, Jorge! You let your clients down, Man! They’re gone and so is your Meal Ticket!
But there are PLENTY of Fast Food jobs opening up, I hear...
In TRUMP’S America: Attorneys for ILLEGALS hit hardest!
Wheeeee!
Get out of my country!
Yep. The owner would not have to worry about losing cheap labor to
immigration enforcement IF they hire legal Americans.
I wonder if the laws about hiring illegal aliens will be enforced. The restaurant owner seemed to be hiring a LOT of illegals. Let’s see those I-9 forms. Big fines for willfully disobeying the law.
Because a lot of cops have left BPD since April 2015?
Peoples' Republic of Maryland?
“Many went home to pack up and leave.”
Not perfect, but it’s a start...
Well, that makes 30 more jobs for someone else.
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