Flea Street Cafe, a 'sanctuary restaurant'

Ms. Cool is doing a good job of virtue-signaling.

Since she gets to pick and choose, I wonder which tax laws she doesn't like complying with.

Ms. Cool notes that her parents came through Ellis Island. If so, I must assume they were legal immigrants.

Thank you Jesse!

Well, if all her employees are legal residents, her statement is superfluous. A political statement made to get free advertising, maybe?
Jesse's parents arrived legally. Congrats. What does this have to do with the the "undocumented" issue? Unless her legal employees are hoping to smuggle in their F&F, there's no basis for anxiety.

Bravo, Jesse Cool! You are demonstrating that "sustainability" not only involves treating the Earth and our food sources with care, but also that it's essential to treat one's employees with equal respect. You continue to be a great role model for the food service industry. Thank you for your inspirational leadership.

"All of the restaurant's employees are legal residents, Ms. Cool said..."
"To instill fear without really thoughtful consideration for people who may have come from other places and are living here, and have gone through due process to live here it's just scary."

Instilling fear? Again, try to get the what the difference is between immigrant and illegal-immigrant. Why would you worry if you went through "due process"?

Inclusion. Versus the unhinged comments against inclusion.

Easy choice! Bravo to Ms. Cool.


re: the Ellis Island 'legality' meme:

- Until the late 19th century, there was very little federal regulation of immigration—there were virtually no laws to break.
- Before the 20th century, there was virtually no bureaucracy responsible for enforcing immigration laws.

So when my great-grandparents came through Ellis and other points of entry, there was really no such thing as legal vs illegal immigration. Mine were just as illegal as they were legal.

@ Illegal G-G. Or not.
Yes, that is true but they did at least get registered while entering the country. They had to give their names & point of origin. They also had to at appear to be free of communicable diseases.
That's much different than many coming now, anonymously hiding with no names, place of origin, or health status.
I know which method I consider preferable.

@Chip: One set of great grandparents came overland, not through Ellis, so, eh, not so much on the 'registering'. Yours?

The reason for no immigration law back then was to quickly supply the business community with a low wage workforce. Sound familiar to today? Perhaps we should revisit the McCain/Bush immigration plan supported by democrats a decade ago, except the GOP and their support of the business community still want cheap, undocumented workers. See: Koch Brothers and their open border plan, amnesty, etc.. Money talks.

2007 - Kennedy/Kyl/McCain/Bush: "The bill's sole sponsor in the Senate was Majority Leader Harry Reid, though it was crafted in large part as a result of efforts by Senators Kennedy, McCain and Kyl, along with Senator Lindsey Graham, and input from President George W. Bush, who strongly supported the bill."

Would I be allowed in, seated, and served if I wore my red "Make America Great Again" hat to Flea Street? Would that make the other Flea Street patrons uncomfortable? Or would I be celebrated by displaying some diversity of thought?

Yep go for the free publicity Jesse.

@Pierre: if you wore a red MAGA hat into Flea Street, the workers if not Jesse herself would probably spit in your lemonade.

Yes, Jesse, we all came from immigrants. But mine came here legally and respected the law. I guess I won't be eating at Flea Street Cafe anymore where laws aren't respected.

My my my -- aren't our resident right-of-right wing snowflakes sensitive today???

What's funny is that many of these same people would have no problem hiring these same "illegals" to do their dirty work for them...

Pierre- men are supposed to remove their hat in a restaurant, regardless of what it does or doesn't say.

Now that I know that Ms. Cool does not respect the rule of law, I will no longer visit her restaurant. What a shame that she doesn't understand that there are many who do not support the ultra liberal open borders anything goes stupidity of the so called sanctuary movement. [Portion removed; don't accuse others of illegal action without evidence.]

Fantastic point, Pierre!

for all of you with your heads in the sand about the immigrants in this country . . . they are not all criminals as the potus would like us to believe

this says it all: Web Link