During a recent weekend, immigration agents detained four family members, all employed at the same DC restaurant, as they left their apartment building, says a chef who worked with them. Meanwhile, the same restaurant has dealt with three to seven employees calling out each day over the past couple weeks, as fear has spread over Donald Trump’s federalization of local police and increased immigration enforcement. Two employees have resigned. “They say they were scared, and they’re not going to show up to work,” says the chef, who like others in this story, requested anonymity for fear of retribution from law enforcement and government officials.

Yesterday, Trump called DC a “boom town” as he touted his efforts to go after crime and clean up the city, which began in mid-August. “Half the re

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