Overview

• ICE agents visited at least four Washington, D.C., restaurants, including Chef Geoff’s, Millie’s, Pupatella, and Chang Chang, delivering notices of inspection and requesting employee work authorization forms.
• Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed the operations, expressing concern that they appeared to target non-criminal populations and disrupted local communities.
• Restaurant staff described the inspections as unsettling, with agents indicating plans to return for further document collection.
• Advocacy groups, including CASA, warned of the raids in advance and criticized the use of a Trump executive order on capital 'beautification' as a pretense for targeting immigrant workers.
• The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington warned that disrupting immigrant staffing could harm the local economy, as the restaurant industry relies heavily on immigrant labor.