Restaurants and other food industry businesses could also be impacted. Restaurants in the Bay Area have closed at a fast clip recently, with many citing the difficulty in hiring workers as part of the reason.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a nonprofit organization that advocates for restaurant workers, penned an open letter to Trump in November, urging him to “speak out to alleviate the fear of deportation or other harassment of immigrant workers in our industry” and to “choose a plan for an achievable path to citizenship for all workers over deportation.”