Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers raided a number of eating places in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday (Could 6), together with one owned by CBS Information anchor Norah O’Donnell‘s husband.
In line with a report from FOX5, Chef Geoff’s, a small chain restaurant based by O’Donnell’s husband, Geoff Tracy, was one in every of a number of eateries focused by ICE brokers on Tuesday as a part of President Donald Trump‘s continued crackdown on unlawful immigration.
The raid is claimed to have taken place at round 10:30 am on Tuesday, with nearly a dozen ICE and legislation enforcement officers showing at Chef Geoff’s asking to see staff’ I-9 types — the employment verification report that notes whether or not an individual is legally allowed to work within the US.
Brokers spent about 90 minutes asking to see the documentation. No person was taken into custody.
The raids continued throughout city, together with at Millie’s, which was simply opening for lunch when 9 ICE brokers turned up asking to see staff’ I-9 types. In line with The Washingtonian, ICE brokers additionally visited Pupatella and Chang Chang in Dupont Circle and Ghostburger in Shaw.
“All of them got here in all the public entrances on the similar time,” Bo Blair, proprietor of Millie’s, advised The Washingtonian. “We had been underneath the impression that they had been specializing in looking for criminals… And that is only a complete new stage of harassment to our hard-working, law-abiding staff.”
These newest raids come after a CBS investigation discovered that lots of of people that have been deported as a part of Trump’s unlawful migrant crackdown don’t have any felony historical past. The Trump administration has repeatedly assured the general public that ICE raids and deportations are supposed to goal violent criminals.
O’Donnell has not commented on the raid on her husband’s restaurant as of Wednesday morning (Could 7). The veteran reporter is presently in Rome, protecting the choice of the subsequent Pope. O’Donnell beforehand served as co-anchor of CBS This Morning from 2012 to 2019 earlier than turning into anchor of CBS Night Information.
She stepped down from CBS Night Information in January 2025; O’Donnell now serves as a senior correspondent for CBS Information.
O’Donnell and Tracy tied the knot in 2001 and share three kids collectively.