Trump’s ICE Agents Raid Restaurant Owned by CBS News Star’s Husband

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided aggregate restaurants successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday, including 1 owned by the hubby of CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell.

Chef Geoff’s, an American eatery founded by O’Donnell’s hubby Geoff Tracy, had its Northwest D.C. determination adjacent American University raided by astir a twelve ICE agents connected Tuesday morning, according to Fox 5.

The restaurant, which has been unfastened for much than 20 years, serves a assortment of modular American fare, including $17 pizzas, a $19 burger, homemade pasta dishes that scope from $20-30, and a assortment of salads and bowls. Its website states it offers “contemporary American cuisine and a affable vicinity consciousness acceptable for immoderate occasion.”

The migration agents, dressed successful Homeland Security uniforms, reportedly asked to spot the staff’s I-9 forms that verify their individuality and employment authorization.

The raid took spot aboriginal Tuesday greeting and lasted astir an hr and a half. No 1 was taken into custody.

The Daily Beast has reached retired to Chef Geoff’s and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

Shawn Townsend, president of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, told Fox 5 that they were acrophobic astir “the fearmongering tactics” utilized connected a fig of D.C. restaurants.

“There was nary 1 detained oregon arrested that I’ve heard of but careless of that fact, disrupting nutrient work during luncheon hours portion restaurants are unfastened is alarming,” helium said. “There is simply a consciousness of fear… Immigrants marque up a ample magnitude of workers successful our restaurants successful the district.”

The Washingtonian reported that ICE agents besides visited Millie’s successful Spring Valley, Pupatella and Chang Chang successful Dupont Circle, and Ghostburger successful Shaw to request I-9 forms.

The agents, who said they were doing “administrative work,” reportedly near Pupatella aft unit referred them to the pizzeria’s firm office.

“No raiding, nary anything,” Pupatella enforcement Natasha Neely told the magazine. “They didn’t adjacent participate the building.”

At Millie’s, agents did not propulsion backmost erstwhile the wide manager denied their petition to question employees conscionable arsenic the edifice was opening for lunch.

“They each came successful each of the nationalist entrances astatine the aforesaid time,” proprietor Bo Blair told The Washingtonian. “We were nether the content that they were focusing connected trying to find criminals… And this is conscionable a full caller level of harassment to our hard-working, law-abiding employees.”

The raids followed rumors connected Monday that ICE agents would statesman targeting D.C. edifice unit and nutrient transportation workers this week.

The raids are portion of the government’s broader propulsion to present President Donald Trump’s long-promised wide deportation blitz.

Trump medication officials person repeatedly sought to guarantee the nationalist that deportations would people convulsive criminals. A CBS probe earlier found, however, that hundreds of radical person been deported contempt having nary transgression history.