"ICE agents have been showing up at several Los Angeles restaurants, including Maggiano’s Little Italy at The Grove, interrogating workers and in some cases briefly detaining them. Management at this particular Maggiano’s declined to comment on ICE’s arrival more than a week ago, directing Eater to the corporate public relations line for its parent company Brinker International. They have failed to respond to repeated emails and phone calls, while federal workers tell Eater that “ICE doesn’t confirm audits of specific businesses.” However, an inside source who requested anonymity has confirmed to Eater that ICE agents did, in fact, make their way to Maggiano’s on the morning of February 13, pulling out workers and holding them for questioning for an unknown amount of time." - Farley Elliott
