Chef Creole<\/a> restaurants in 1992, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s detention scared away clients, and the end of the Temporary Protected Status created a labor shortage. <\/p>\n\u201cI was under the impression, like everyone else, that him being a business person that he understands how business is conducted and how he\u2019s able to grow and make businesses more effective,\u201d Sejour said. <\/p>\n
Sejour is now among the entrepreneurs in South Florida who say Trump\u2019s push for deportations has had a chilling effect on their businesses. <\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t support a candidate that is having this ripple negative effect on our community, on our economy,\u201d Sejour said. <\/p>\n
ICE stopped a man, who was riding a scooter, and detained him on Aug. 2, steps away from the drive-thru area of Sejour\u2019s restaurant, at 200 NW 54th St., in Miami\u2019s Little Haiti neighborhood.<\/p>\n
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 25 allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end Temporary Protected Status and work permits for about 300,000 Haitians on July 27. Some of them were his employees.<\/p>\n
Sejour said changing his mind about Trump and disclosing it has been painful. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe make decisions being based on it being beneficial not just to our business but to our community,\u201d Sejour said. <\/p>\n
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