Overview

• ICE expanded workplace raids from Los Angeles into San Diego, the Bay Area and Wilmington, prompting closures at vendors such as the local farmers market.
• Salazar’s restaurant shut down again as fear of ICE activity drove customers away and she launched a GoFundMe for lost wages.
• In San Francisco’s Mission District, a Mexican eatery is training staff to check warrants and record ICE encounters to safeguard employee rights.
• Nonprofits and businesses like El Barrio Cantina have mobilized fundraising efforts, directing proceeds to Órale and providing safe gathering spaces for immigrant workers.
• The California Restaurant Association and Golden Gate Restaurant Association are pressing Congress to establish legalization pathways and a temporary worker visa program.