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Street vendors targeted in ICE raids on NYC's Canal Street | Team coverage

Operator ZoneRestaurant Failures & Lessons/CBS New York

You know these vendors — they're running the same hustle as every line cook who's ever worked under the table, sending money home, grinding through shifts that would break most people. Canal Street's elote guys and taco slingers have been feeding construction crews and office workers for decades, building something real with a cart and a dream. Now federal agents are rolling up on abuelitas selling tamales like they're running a cartel. Anyone who's ever worked without papers, or alongside someone who did, knows exactly what's at stake when the raids come.

— The Chef's Take

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