XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics
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| Downtown kitchens shuttered over the weekend to avoid
| immigration agents in at least three locations owned by
| conservative restaurateur Steve Smith.
|
| Smith, the wealthy owner of Broadway establishments
| including Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and Rippy's, has been a
| public conservative presence in Nashville, notably mounting
| local opposition to COVID-related restrictions on public
| gatherings. He's also a Trump supporter and donor. Recent
| panic at his restaurants indicates that his own Broadway
| empire -- and the wealth it has generated -- relies
| directly on employing immigrants not authorized to work in
| the United States.
|
| At the instruction of managers, restaurant employees
| without legal citizenship status left the premises at The
| Diner, Honky Tonk Central and Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk
| Rock N' Roll Steakhouse during a primetime rush on Saturday
| night to avoid detention by ICE agents. Locations, already
| struggling to provide full service, suffered through at
| least Sunday due to fears from employees who did not want
| to risk arrest by returning to work.
| ... <
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/lower-broadway-ice-sweeps/article_7840f5c5-fba5-447c-bb20-14016fc661aa.html>
--bks
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