New York City restaurants and street vendors are on high alert due to an increase in ICE immigration raids prompted by the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The street vendor community is particularly affected, with 96 percent being immigrants and fears of deportation leading many to cease work. The city's legal framework, where unlicensed vending can lead to criminal prosecution, exacerbates this vulnerability. Messaging groups have emerged among vendors for real-time alerts about ICE activity, highlighting the desperate circumstances they face in assuring their livelihood while remaining in the city legally.
Street vendors, who make up 96 percent of New York's vending community, are increasingly vulnerable to ICE raids as fear of deportation grips their livelihoods.
Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez emphasized that the unique legal consequences for illegal vending make these immigrants particularly susceptible to detention and deportation.
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