EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Some South Texas business owners are taking a stand against immigration raids, many of which have left them with fewer workers or none at all.
Restaurants like Taqueria Mission, in Mission, Texas, have placed “no trespassing” signs on their doors, demanding that federal agents not step onto their private property without a warrant.
‘More than a symbolic deterrent’: Businesses post signs against ICE trespassing
On this episode of Border Report Live with host Rudy Mireles and correspondent Sandra Sanchez, guest Jorge Vela, a reporter for Nexstar’s KVEO and CBS 4 in Harlingen, Texas, discusses his conversation with those restaurant owners as well as an immigration lawyer who said the signs not only allow business owners to express their opposition to immigration raids but solidarity with community members.
Whether or not federal agents must adhere to the signs is up for debate.
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In recent weeks, federal immigration authorities have conducted raids at businesses, homes, courthouses, restaurants and construction sites in South Texas.
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