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I'm Tiffany Hansen, filling in for Brian today.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has made his campaign promise of deporting undocumented immigrants a priority.

According to The Washington Post, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's field offices

have been told to make 75 arrests per day.

Those numbers do not seem to have been met so far. Numbers from Tuesday show that ICE agents

made over 20 arrests in parts of Manhattan and the Bronx. That's according to Yahoo News.

As we've been reporting here at WNYC, it has been taking a toll on New York City's schools and hospitals.

There is another industry that is vital to the city that is also impacted restaurants.

Nearly 60% of the restaurant industry's workforce is foreign-born.

That's according to a new Grub Street article.

Joining us now with his reporting on the fears among local restaurant workers

over potential ice raids is Chris Crowley, a senior writer at Grub Street. Hi, Chris. Hey, how are you doing?

Great, thank you. And of course, we'd like to have you listeners join our conversation.

Are you undocumented and working in the restaurant industry?

We do know that this is a sensitive topic. We will be sensitive to you, but we would love to have

you call. What does this moment feel like? Is it safe? To those of you who are undocumented,

maybe you just want to tell us stories about how your careers in the restaurant industry began and how they're going now.

As for restaurant owners, managers, workers, what would deportations of restaurant workers mean to you, your livelihood, your restaurant?

Call us, 212, 433, 9692, 212, W-N-YC. You can also text us at that number. Chris, you wrote that

the fact that the industry relies on undocumented labor is not so much an open secret as an

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