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‘People are scared': Trump's loyal friend watches his famed restaurant go empty
What happened
RawStory, citing The Bulwark, reports that El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, has lost roughly 80% of its business as immigrants frightened by the Trump administration’s enforcement campaign stay home. An employee said prepared specials sometimes spoil because customers do not come. Owner Maximo Alvarez had welcomed Donald Trump to the restaurant seven months earlier and pledged his loyalty.
The Bulwark described the formerly lively Venezuelan and South Florida gathering place as subdued and nearly empty. Its reporter attributed the decline to fear of detention and deportation among…
The skinny
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