industry relies on the lever of undocumented immigrants.

But in the wake of President Donald Trump's mass deportation orders, some Illinois restaurant owners are raising concerns.

Joining us now with more Samson founder of 3rd Kohl's hospitality group and a board member of the National Restaurant Association.

And joining us via zoom is Hyman Apollo president and CEO of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Thank you both for joining us.

Jaime, I want to start with you straight off the bat.

Have you been aware of any restaurant raids in Chicago?

>> Since Trump started his term in office.

>> Well, that necessarily raise, but I but I've been aware of several restaurant owners of border a shift being deported from one of the while he was working.

>> What are your what are your thoughts about that?

You're talking owners.

>> Yeah.

Restaurant owners that they they would casualties, they were ice with order them Richard was another individual and they they happened to be there with that individual.

So they just took him.

So they were they had to shut down the business because they did not the documents in place so they can stay in business.

And that's reason why the league we spending too time.

There is lines that duo that King killed.

This is our is actually, you know, so they can operate the business from abroad, for example, a power of attorneys to make sure the signature the banks of the correct ones.

Make sure you get the proper legal advice and so on and so forth.

So this is a free tool anybody.

Even the restaurant business or is here in Illinois?

They need to protect themselves and be just in case something happens.

>> And talking about the 2 actually want to bring it up.

And you just as you mentioned, you launched a free program to help undocumented business owners and their employees be prepared in case they face deportations.

Some of the points are legal preparedness, including power of attorney, regulatory compliance, financial axes, axes employee preparedness.

You know, can you just continue to discuss this initiative and what restaurants can do to protect themselves in case they are facing, you know, these ICE raids.

>> Yeah.

For example, if a restaurant important get some rest of my deportation of that is the that come into play so they can live leave the restaurant to the spouse or a wife or husband or to the managers, they can operate the restaurant from We seen tools that can do that that we need before.

Give me example I want to they can literally operate the business from abroad.

People need to find proper banking institution.

He's to do that and this many banks and through that.

So this the kind a very simple But you need to be ready.

>> Sam, I want to bring you in.

What are your thoughts the program time and thank you.

And I'll tell you something, this pension recovers and make it a hunch over 140,000 business owners, Latino owned business owners in the state of Illinois.

So I mean, having that ability to be able transfer a the responsibility to manage a spouse or children or just a best friend to continue to run the business.

Then he added that the continue have the jobs available for community and that we don't lose out a been a the goes out of business in close as Fort.

The closed as jobs tax revenue loss.

So we do want to see that and the state we know that President Trump ran on inflation.

You start closing the restaurant and the start affecting patients that go to the roof.

>> talking about that.

You owns several restaurants in Chicago with your family.

You know, what are your concerns?

>> No, you know, I we talked about the meantime, the man with the a talk the often make sure we comply with the I 9 complaint law.

We've got to comply with you don't want comply with the requirements of law.

So we've done And we're hoping that everybody submitted documentation.

We hope that someone is not has a order of deportation.

That's what draws them into the restaurant to the edge up because that is where they live.

>> We're hoping that the ice, that counts stick to what they said.

Biden repeat offenders scenes.

Sometimes it hasn't been the case.

What has been your thought?

And that is great at said is this is going to bring us meet So we form a committee that is the N word over.

25 states right now.

>> We're best become are going to the fermentation collision with because she organize that.

>> commission for for what's the mission of the what number one is a bipartisan bill amid bipartisan group, group were over 118 members right now over.

25 state that we've got Republicans and Democrats bill to work together and come to the middle.

Okay.

The President Trump said it dozen Asian.

You want to bring common sense to the White House comments that immigration Congress has filed for 40 years for 40 years on both sides of the party.

But we know that not all the not all the Republicans want to pass something we need both parties to work together.

comments what that look like when you right now, our number one goal is the Dreamers.

The 1.8 million Dreamers, 6 or 600,000 registered for Dhaka.

>> We heard President Trump say it twice.

Maybe 3 times that the Dreamers should be citizens and the longer that the door he left open for us and that will work out.

We will be in the sea.

We have a conference on on March.

5th will be in DC on the 24th and 25th what hope and that 3 to 400 business.

Let the note Mexican business on a method looking a bit of that educated and ice cream and don't want to come back to the argument that we just want to bring a case.

The people have been here for so long for 30, 40 years.

I was going to mention that.

What about the people have been living here for decades and that current document?

that's the next step.

I are essential workers in industry.

People have family who have been paying for 30, 40 years.

if you look at some of the cases that we have here, I mean, people come here with nothing, a good sweat la, some limbs not.

you agree there should be something they should be something believe that President Trump is also because the business owner.

>> Yes, hotels, restaurants, golf courses in construction.

Our people and people have been in country for 30, 40 year work side by side hand, the hand what American citizen not knowing if documented undocumented Texas AM N get into country to move forward to a better cannot fix >> Sam, I want to ask you all one thing that we've noticed is when I headed to Little village, there were some restaurant owners who are saying that, you know, they're losing business because people are not coming here.

You know, what are your your thoughts on collateral arrests?

>> Maybe this Unfortunate loss of one point by 30% of losses, revenue losses, not just it just doesn't affect The owners, if thinks it will supply chain, if you mentioned.

you know, it's going because now listeners and that consuming whether you supposed to and keep in mind that was going on supply chain face affecting everybody.

You took recess is going to be a recess in the we have seen because the pandemic imminent and they used to thinking is appointed since they have.

Is that what you feel?

Is that what you're hearing from restaurant owners in the last couple weeks?

you know what what is one of their main challenges?

>> Well, the main challenges that these administration and instill fear in community, people may used to do big board people just going in there.

You know, I was making my knees just the food delivery companies the drive-thru companies that we don't hold.

Those companies say is affecting our business But at the end of day's affected, the whole supply chain system because we don't own supply chain.

You know, we buy fruits and vegetables, but some other groups are suppliers and Mexicans are that the nose.

And just to just to clarify one thing and that committee members come in all sizes and colors, not just Hispanics.

we feel they're singled out for this