"One month into President Trump's federal takeover of Washington, D.C., some of the city's most visible workers have gone into hiding. Hector is one more than a dozen people we spoke to who work for apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. He and others say they have drastically cut back their hours or stopped working entirely. They also told us that federal agents in D.C. are detaining immigrants both with and without work permits."
"Drivers also told us they're afraid of being targeted, so we agreed not to show their faces and are using only first names. During the first three weeks of President Trump's federal takeover in D.C., immigration agents detained more than 400 people. Although it's not known how many delivery workers were arrested, fear has spread. Videos of masked agents pulling drivers from mopeds have flooded immigrant group chats, alongside ads for bikes being sold by workers who are quitting altogether."
"On Aug. 21, this driver, Javier, was arrested while picking up a coffee order in D.C.'s Navy Yard neighborhood. Soon after he was detained, we spoke to Javier's family his brother-in-law, Leo, and his wife, Maria at the apartment they share. Maria told us her husband had applied for asylum in the U.S. and had a work permit, as well as a Social Security card."
One month after President Trump's federal takeover of Washington, D.C., many delivery app workers went into hiding and drastically reduced or stopped working. The Supreme Court lifted a ban on immigration agents considering factors such as ethnicity or speaking Spanish when making arrests in Los Angeles. Federal agents in D.C. detained more than 400 people during the first three weeks of the takeover. Drivers report detentions of immigrants with and without work permits and fear targeted enforcement. Videos of masked agents pulling drivers from mopeds circulated widely, and some workers are selling bikes and quitting. Immigration officials described the arrests as part of efforts to address violent crime.
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