Washington, D.C
At least 9 DC restaurants visited by ICE
Anxiety and anger ran through the D.C. restaurant community as NBC News reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents visited at least nine restaurants in the District Tuesday.
In some cases, agents requested documents to verify employees’ eligibility to work in the US.
“It’s really crazy, you know it kind of feels like we’re not in the U.S.,” said Bo Blair, the owner of Millie’s, a popular restaurant in Northwest’s Spring Valley neighborhood. “[…] That’s just was shocking to everybody today.”
One day after a warning from local advocates, surveillance video showed the moments federal agents popped up at Millie’s in an apparent widespread immigration enforcement operation.
Blair walked News4 through how it all went down. Security cameras recorded as the agents came in Tuesday morning.
“It seemed pretty unnecessary, and that scared people,” Blair said. “Is this just a scare tactic? Like I don’t really see the purpose in it.”
Blair said they identified themselves as ICE and Homeland Security.
In the video, the manager can be seen speaking with them as they asked to speak with employees and review I-9 forms to verify eligibility to work. He refused, saying they keep those records off site, and they left a form saying they have until the 12th to turn them over.
“I think it’s pretty absurd,” Blair said. “Immigrants are the backbone of not only the restaurant industry, but a lot of other industries in this country. Without immigrants there are no restaurants.”
In addition to Millie’s, Chef Geoff’s in Northwest D.C., two on the Wharf, and several other upscale restaurants in Northwest. Some received paperwork saying it was an advanced notice of inspection for employee I-9 forms, while others reported verbal warnings that agents would be back in three days.
On Tuesday D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called those reports disturbing.
“It appears that ICE is at restaurants or even in neighborhoods, and it doesn’t look like they’re targeting criminals, and so it is disrupting,” Bowser said. “I want to be clear this is not an MPD action, no MPD activity involved.”
Back at Millie’s, Blair said they’ve been preparing for this for months by informing workers about their rights, but now some of his employees are scared to come to work, putting more pressure on small business owners that are already having a tough time.
“It’s like one thing after another to be honest. We have COVID which was like the worst thing ever,” Blair said. “[…] Now we’re under threat from ICE and Homeland Security. I mean it’s just like that inflation, it just keeps going and going, and the restaurant industry is not easy.”
Blair said two employees were so shaken up they had to leave.
According to those forms, agents will be back Monday to check those records.
As part of the launch of World Pride in Washington, D.C. the American Civil Liberties Union and the Gender Liberation Movement is unveiling the Freedom To Be quilt on the National Mall on May 17, a 9,000 square-foot collection of over 250 quilt panels handmade by transgender people and their families from across the United States. Co-creators Abdool Corlette and Gillian Branstetter were working with a team of people to install the quilt panels on Thursday, May 16. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)
As part of the launch of World Pride in Washington, D.C. the American Civil Liberties Union and the Gender Liberation Movement is unveiling the Freedom To Be quilt on the National Mall on May 17, a 9,000 square-foot collection of over 250 quilt panels handmade by transgender people and their families from across the United States. Co-creators Abdool Corlette and Gillian Branstetter were working with a team of people to install the quilt panels on Thursday, May 16. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FBI is leaving its longtime headquarters in D.C. and will transfer 1,500 employees to locations around the country, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
What we know:
Patel announced the news Friday morning, stating he didn’t expect to share the details of the move.
“This FBI is leaving the Hoover building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,” Patel told Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in a preview clip of an interview that is set to air on Sunday, May 18 on the network.
“The FBI is 38,000 when we are fully manned, which we are not. In the national capital region in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees. That’s like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn’t happen here.”
“So we are taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out. Every state is getting a plus-up. And I think when we do things like that, we inspire folks in America to become intel analysts and agents and say we want to work at the FBI because we want to fight violent crime, and we want to be sent out into the country to do it.”
He added that the transition will begin in the next “three, six, nine months.”
“We want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place.”
The Source: Information from Fox News was used to write this report.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Capitals are back on the ice Thursday night in hopes of defeating the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5.
The breakdown:
As an organization, the Washington Capitals have orchestrated what some would describe as a dream season.
From Alex Ovechkin becoming the NHL’s all-time goals-scoring leader to the Caps finishing with the best record in the Eastern conference, coupled with the team advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2018. But if Washington doesn’t find a way to win tonight, the dream will have come to an end.
It’s game five of the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes’ best-of-seven series, and after taking games 3 and 4 at home, the Canes hold a suffocating 3-1 lead. In game three, Carolina staved off the Caps’ strong start to ultimately win a shutout. In game four, the Hurricanes flexed their collective muscle from the start, holding on for a 5-2 victory.
Capitals win game 2 over Hurricanes
The Washington Capitals won game two in their second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night as they chase the Stanley Cup.
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And that brings us to tonight. The Washington Capitals are facing elimination. A team that has defied the odds all season long now has the inevitable task of needing to win three games in a row to advance to the conference finals. In what has already been a season, the likes of which could be the plot of a blockbuster movie script, pulling off that task would be a fitting ending. But this is the NHL playoffs, not a Hollywood movie set. The Caps must claw back against the Canes, one game at a time.
The Washington Capitals host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Capital One arena. The puck drops at 7 p.m. and it’s win or go home.
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