SCOOP: Lawmakers Demand Answers from ICE Director Over Warrantless DC Restaurant Raids

Letter demands clarity on warrant use, arrests amid small business disruptions

WASHINGTON — A coalition of House lawmakers led by Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez (NY) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) is demanding answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after agents allegedly entered numerous Washington, D.C. restaurants without judicial warrants, sparking fears across the city’s immigrant and small business communities.