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Politics The Trump Burger in Houston, shutdown after the owner was deported

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u/doocurly 4h ago

Imagine being undocumented in this country and opening up a tribute restaurant to the guy looking to ruin your life.

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u/Cela84 4h ago

“The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm.”

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u/lolligasm 4h ago

More likely “I’m one of the good ones” he shrieked as they dragged him away

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u/tisdue 4h ago

"wait, wait! I hate brown people too! ignore my unfortunate skin color please!"

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u/mastermidget23 4h ago

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u/Karlaw6 3h ago

I always think of him in these scenarios too. Fantastic show!

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u/Nethlem 2h ago

Can we please have some context for those uninitiated?

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u/mastermidget23 2h ago

Uncle Ruckus (pictured in the gif) is an insane old man on "The Boondocks", who, among his many, many faults, is incredibly racist against anyone who isn't white, but he's the most racist against black people. He flip flops between thinking he has "reverse vitiligo" and is actually white himself, or accepts that he is black and hates himself for it. Tisdue's joke comment would be completely in character for Ruckus to say.

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u/Cu1tureVu1ture 40m ago

So like Clayton Bigsby except he can see.

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u/Vimes-NW 55m ago

Look up Clarence Thomas

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u/Hvoromnualltinger 2h ago

It's from The Boondocks, if that helps.

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u/JeannValjean 4h ago

This. A lot of people of color are extremely nationalist, but don't understand that white people are racist racist based only on skin color.

There's a long history of Asians hating other Asians, and South Americans/Latinos hating others.

They don't seem to realize that when a white person says "We're going to deport the bad people" it means everyone who has the same skin tone regardless of where they're from. It's not a nuanced "Ah yes the Haitians are bad and Guatemalans are good, Mexicans are bad but Colombians are good" type of deal (I'm totally making those up as an example).

So that's how you get these MAGA POC, because they don't think the leopard is coming after their face.

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u/CrashB111 3h ago

To expand on this a little:

South and Central America is ultra racist. From people descended from European colonists towards those from natives or slaves. To them, it's still typically racism directed towards darker skinned people.

They don't understand at all, to a racist white person in America they are all equally brown and hated.

The same can be applied to Indian immigrants and the caste system. It's extremely hierarchical and racist towards lower castes, and don't seem to recognize that to outsiders they are all equally brown. They might see themselves as descended from royalty, but Cletus sees them the same as the untouchable they pass in the ditch.

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u/Geno0wl 2h ago

Racist White Americans are racist in the same way Japanese people are racist. AKA if you are not exactly like them, you will never be truly accepted by the majority of them.

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u/mythrilcrafter 1h ago

Your allegory is actually more accurate than you think.


The most racist Japanese people tend to often also be ardent followers of the "Yamato" culture; that is to say, the bloodline of the members of the royalty/ruling class when the Empire fell. Hence why Japan's government leans so hard towards conservativism, it's all former members or descendants of the royalty/ruling class who fought to retain their power and influence when Japan became a parliamentary democracy.

The Yamato considers only themselves to be "true Japanese", they either ignore or outright suppress Japan's other ethnic groups from getting recognition. For example, from between 2008 to 2019 the Ainu were only regarded as a language dialect/accent, only after 2019 were they recognised as an indigenous Japanese ethnic group with a protected/promotable culture. and when they passed those recognition laws in 2019, many Japanese conservatives complained that doing do "damaged the national and cultural unity of Japan" (despite the fact that the Ainu are actually an older ethnic group to Japan than the Yamato are).


The irony of it, and how your allegory is more accurate than you think? The Yamato are themselves immigrants, primarily from the Korean Peninsula.

A racist Yamato Japanese person has as much ground to speak on as an racist American whose last name is McGriffin or Schmidt.

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u/notjawn 50m ago

Had a friend do the whole teach English in Japan gig. He went whole hog and got married to a Japanese woman and had kids. Her parents never accepted him or their kids. They would dote on her siblings spouses and children but do like really messed up things like not invite my friend's family to vacation and leave them empty handed when the other grandkids got presents for holidays.

It got to the point they moved back to the States and his parents love his wife and kids. Even let them stay with them until he got a job and back on his feet. His wife says she'll only go back to Japan to bury her parents.

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u/dicer11 2h ago

Obi Juan: " I have the moral highround, Dont try it!"

Anikan Whitewalker: "You underestimate my racism!"

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u/orbdragon 1h ago

Missed opportunity for Aniklan

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u/dern_the_hermit 3h ago

They don't seem to realize that when a white person says "We're going to deport the bad people" it means everyone who has the same skin tone regardless of where they're from.

Yup, when they talk about "law and order" they don't mean actual codified laws, they just mean their weird pretzel logic "natural law" (or whatever ass shit) that they use to rationalize their supremacist views.

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u/inflatable_pickle 2h ago

Basically how Latino populations in Florida end up voting for Trump. I recall the statistics on Florida. Cubans were pretty wild. Like an overwhelming majority of them were conservative Republicans who voted for Trump.

Like they are fine with things as long as they are higher on the totem pole. So they can basically point to Haitians, for example, and say: these people should be deported. And they can say that because they think there’s a huge difference between themselves (conservative Latinos), and Haitians, for example. But they don’t realize did the average geriatric Maga supporter views them both with exactly equal distain.

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u/SlightlySychotic 3h ago

In pre-WWII Germany, there was an organization of Jewish Nazis. They assumed Hitler’s rhetoric was aimed at Eastern European Jews and not German ones (especially those who supported the regime). They were shocked to realize that they would not be spared.

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u/steakanabake 1h ago

chickens for KFC

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u/neon_kid 3h ago

The tokens get spent eventually

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u/Admirable_Ad8900 2h ago

I tried to explain this to my black friends. That when a really rascist white person says "illegal immigrants" they mean anyone not white or foreigner they dont agree with and got told i'm rascist for that. 🙄

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u/Malnurtured_Snay 2h ago

"I'm not brown! I'm dark khaki!"

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u/Cracka_Chooch 4h ago

"That doesn't make sense to me. But you are very small."

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u/AWildClocktopus 4h ago

THANK YOU! I knew it was LotR, but couldn't place it until you posted this line

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u/lumpy_space_queenie 4h ago

Don’t. Be hasty ;)

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u/jonny_vegas 4h ago

Well That doesnt makes sense to me. But then again, you are very small.

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u/Roll-Roll-Roll 4h ago

I've met immigrants who support anti-immigration policies just because they still harbor resentment against people groups around their country of origin. They came all this way to escape these people and resent the fact that those people can also come here. It's stupid, but it's more common than people seem to realize.

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u/fdzman 4h ago

I’ve seen this in the kitchens I’ve worked at. Some immigrants legit get upset about other immigrants due to the “I was here first”mentality. It’s definitely a thing.

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 4h ago

Look at the Cubans in Miami. Floated over on boats in the 80's, illegal as hell. Now they hate immigrants and vote Republican.

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u/TangerineBroad4604 3h ago

Came here on asylum and got amnesty, hate other asylum seekers and don't want to give them amnesty

The biggest hypocrites

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u/beren12 3h ago

It’s called pulling the ladder up behind you

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u/notconservative 3h ago

Same reason people who were bullied begin to bully others. They accept the oppression framework and work hard to climb to the top of the oppression ladder.

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u/steeplebob 3h ago

And I suspect a superiority framework (people who succeed are just better) invites them to look down on others.

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u/MattieShoes 3h ago

I think for some, it doesn't go past "Castro bad, Castro left, Democrats left, Democrats bad". Like they miss the part where left is a relative term.

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u/steeplebob 4h ago

I was surprised to first realize there is a non-trivial amount of ladder-pulling by US immigrants.

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u/cylonrobot 3h ago

One of my relatives came to the US using somebody else's surname. He became a citizen using that invalid surname, got an education and a career, and then he later retired.

He is a trump supporter.

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u/beren12 3h ago

You should let the government know!

I’m sure he would want to do things “the right way”

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u/FriendlyDespot 3h ago

And it's predominantly amongst the least privileged immigrants. I'm a permanent resident from Northern Europe and pretty much the entire Nordic community I've met over here has had nothing but sympathy for undocumented immigrants.

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u/1738_bestgirl 3h ago

Well yea supply and demand also hits under the table cash work

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u/epelle9 3h ago

I think theres 2 aspects.

One is “I was here first”

The other is “I came here to escape that”.

Both suck, but the first one sucks more IMO.

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u/big_orange_ball 2h ago

There are also immigrants who "did it legally" by following the correct processes to be allowed in, who resent the people who didn't do it "right".

The thing is, with policies changing and things like asylum or Temp Protected Status being ripped from vulnerable people who previously were allowed to stay, here is huge variability in what "the right way" is.

For instance, a work colleague is from Venezuela who worked for a US company when he was younger, they brought him to the US and sponsored him. He followed the legal path and eventually earned his full citizenship. He then got his father and brother to move here via TPS due to all of the issues and some specific major threats that impacted them in Venezuela, the dad eventually got a green card or permanent residency, but his brother wasn't far enough along and only had TPS when the current administration canceled it for Venezuelans across the board, and forced the brother to self deport.

A week or two later the US dropped bombs on Venezuela and kidnapped their (obviously highly controversial) president.

3 different people, same risks to stay in Venezuela, 3 very different outcomes.

It's all very complex with the constant changes, and opinions change when outcomes affect different people's situations. I just wish more people would think through the nuances vs saying "get them all out." When many of those who will be kicked out previously would have been able to follow approved processes to do so.

If your family risked death in returning home because an arbitrary decision was made that revoked your TPS or other previously approved process to remain in the US, I think that's a pretty tough call to expect all immigrants to "do the right thing" if they legitimately think they or their families will end up dead if they do so.

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u/eeyore134 2h ago

"I got mine." is the perfect attitude for a Republican. They're all about pulling the ladder up behind themselves and laws that hurt people being great so long as they're not held to the same laws.

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u/furiousbobb 1h ago

I have a liberal friend that voted red because of this one issue. "It took me forever to become naturalized so everyone else should have to have a hard time as well". Smh

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u/mythrilcrafter 1h ago

That's basically how the right-wing first-generation Vietnamese American community acts.

They "did it right", but anyone who wants to come in like they did are doing it wrong, but even if they do it right in "today's context" they still shouldn't count because "they're different". That's why it was so easy to for the alt-right to rope them in to MAGA, especially since anything more than one step left of the East Indian Trade Company is automatically equivalent to being an agent of Ho Chi Minh.


(And note that a lot of them will say that the escaped persecution, but give them 2 Heinekens and they'll be also be bragging about taking part in Ngo Dinh Diem's persecution and lynching of Buddhist Vietnamese)

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u/CurtP31477 4h ago

So many undocumented immigrants support Trump because "He's only after the criminals". They don't know that the administration has deemed their very existence as a crime.

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u/mjohnsimon 4h ago

Ding ding ding.

That’s literally it.

A huge part of MAGA's immigration rhetoric is that your actual legal status doesn't matter. If they’ve decided you don’t belong here, then simply being here is a crime, and deportation becomes the answer regardless of the circumstances.

There was even an interview with a Hispanic Young Republican/Turning Point member where he basically said that people (immigrants) need to follow the rules, like how he's doing.

Meanwhile, his buddies were saying he should be deported with those immigrants anyways for basically not already being a citizen.

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u/1738_bestgirl 3h ago

Turns out that being an idiot expands beyond people born within the US border. Who'da thought.

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u/vibe4it 4h ago

Getting people to vote against their interests has been the Republican brand for 40 or 50 years now

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u/captainwacky91 3h ago

Hell, longer than that. Eugene Talmadge in the 1930s became Governor of Georgia partially because he'd agree with the farmers on whatever they felt, even if it was to deny farmers access to X-Ray machines. 

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u/ahkian 4h ago

They thought he was talking about “the bad ones” not them.
https://giphy.com/gifs/yPSuQ81gRZ0ZNpRLJV

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u/VaelinX 4h ago

Some/many of these examples are documented. The current administration is just unilaterally cancelling visas and pulling the rug out from under people here on asylum and for other other "legal" reasons.

This is part of the messaging that people are missing. It's not the "undocumented" people that are being rounded up. But it's a mix of students and workers on suddenly cancelled visas, asylum seekers working their way through the court system, etc... There are certainly some who are undocumented who just live here (some who were brought here as children and never knew another country, but we provided no path to citizenship for them - who are no longer children)/ But they're also easy to track down as they have tax records and a paper trail, just no citizenship.

And we ALREADY deported criminals (violent and otherwise) who were found to be undocumented - that's not new. ICE doesn't seem to want to risk going after these kinds of folks as much, and instead would rather local law enforcement arrest them first.

This fool maybe thought that he would be protected by trying to be on "their side". But ICE has quotas, and those quotas don't care who you campaign for.

It's important to keep this in mind when they start talking about getting rid of birthright citizenship and trying to unilaterally redefine what a citizen is (first week Executive Order by Trump this term).

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 4h ago

I don’t understand the mentality of these people.

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u/EarthRester 4h ago edited 4h ago

It's a deluded kind of self obsession to the point that they don't even think about the impact they have on the rest of society, or what the individuals that make up that society think of them.

Trump is a promise to these types of people that such behavior is not only okay, but righteous.

This man knew what Trump was doing, but didn't think he was at risk because he also understood he wasn't like those immigrants. It never occurred to him that nobody else saw him the way he saw himself. Because that would require enough emotional intelligence to think about what the world looks like from a perspective other than their own.

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u/Dr_Zulu2016 4h ago

When the leopards eat your face after voting for the Face Eating Leopards party.

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u/HyrrokinAura 4h ago

He more than likely thought he could kiss Trump's ass enough to be considered "one of the good ones."

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u/Garconanokin 4h ago

He thought he was in the club. And so do a lot of poor whites.

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u/maoussepatate 4h ago

Maybe dumb question, but how do you open a restaurant while being undocumented?

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u/BeerBrat 4h ago edited 4h ago

They weren't. They were well documented and here quite within the law. Those were some of the first folks they went after. Low hanging fruit is the easiest to pick. ICE gets to pump up numbers and really the only folks that know the difference are the ones ordering and issuing the warrants. The rulebook was tossed out to score points in the culture war.

Editing to add that the person was either a rube and genuinely thankful to Trump for the opportunity to stay in the US OR a savvy businessperson that understands that fools and their money are easily parted. Either way they were offered up as little more than sacrifice to the audience.

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u/dr_sust 4h ago

Illegal immigrants are generally barred from working legally.

There’s nothing saying you have to be a citizen to have a bank account or own a business.

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u/dvasquez93 3h ago

He probably wasn't.  A ton of "undocumented" persons in this country were actually legal immigrants with papers who, either intentionally or unintentionally, overstayed their visa.  DHS intentionally targeted these people because it's a lot easier to find people with a verified last known location than it is to find someone you have absolutely no record of, so when trying to pump their numbers they intentionally went after them.  That's also why Trump has been revoking legal status from existing immigrants, essentially creating illegal immigrants to fuel his own crisis.  Create the problem, sell the solution. 

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u/TheHumanConnector 2h ago

This is my story. Here legally after coming in to study, and suddenly visa petitions rejected, family separated for a year and my immigration situation destroyed. After 15 years in the country and building a loving home in this city with a thousand friends and such wonderful community, I was forced out of my home. So stressful, sorrowful. And I still had it better than so many people who didn't have the few conforts I had :(

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u/SeaPeeps 4h ago

The short answer is that you don't need to be a citizen to form an LLC, get an EIN, or pay taxes as a business owner. You'd need *someone* to get a food service permit and a business license, but that someone doesn't need to be the owner.

The subtle trick is that the undocumented person couldn't legally *work for* that restaurant, and couldn't get *paid* by that restaurant. So, weirdly, they'd be paying themselves under the table.

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u/beren12 3h ago

He had a visa so he was here legally at some point.

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u/ByronicZer0 4h ago

This is a record setting level of dipshittery

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u/Staav 4h ago

There couldn't be a much better representation for their entire modern voter base. Joe Bob isn't about to get deported, but he's also not about to get anything but negative consequences from supporting these fascists.

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u/jkvincent 4h ago

Some people are dumb as fuck

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u/Vegetable-Zone1353 4h ago

Tens of millions of Americans, for example

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u/drunkenfool 4h ago

“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer,"

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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor 4h ago

You can still get an EIN as an illegal immigrant.

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u/artschool04 4h ago

True and those taxes get collected and used. its also one of the first steps for permanent residency.

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u/71-HourAhmed 3h ago

Doing it is a very blue city takes a special kind of stupid.

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u/SladeMcGherkin 3h ago

Ultimate cuck behavior

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT 4h ago

Trump Burger was a regional restaurant chain in the U.S. state of Texas. The Donald Trump–themed restaurant was established by Roland Beainy in Bellville in 2020. There were also locations in Bay City, Flatonia, and Greater Houston.

The Kemah location, which opened in March 2025, was also known as MAGA Burger. The menu included burgers, sandwiches, and French fries.

The chain has received multiple lawsuits related to the business ownership, as well as a cease-and-desist letter from the Trump Organization.

In August 2025, the chain's founder Beainy, a Lebanese national, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and has been charged with overstaying in the U.S. under the terms of his visa. In October 2025, it was reported that all Trump Burger locations had closed. By March 2026, all locations had changed their names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Burger

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u/themoslucius 4h ago

https://www.chron.com/food/article/trump-burger-beainy-ice-immigration-20807205.php

Found this article that reveals a few more details

All I have to add is it takes a certain type of personally to join at the hip with a group that despises you and approves active harm on your people. jfc

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u/punnybiznatch 3h ago

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/11/19/trump-burger-houston-owner-immigration-hearing.html

The immigration hearing for the owner of Houston's Trump-themed burger chain was abruptly wiped from the docket shortly before the hearing date.

Doesn't look like he's been deported.

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u/themoslucius 3h ago

I'm not investing too much time on this guy but from what I'm seeing he's been didn't lawsuits and immigration court is still pending and open so I guess that means he's still in the US?

Regardless of current status what he did as chain owner is despicable and he deserves anything that he eventually gets. I have no sympathy for MAGA supporters who happen to also be on the hate target list of theirs

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u/beren12 2h ago

Too bad he didn’t get the day he voted for

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u/beren12 3h ago

Jews for hitler?

Yeah.

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u/powerlesshero111 3h ago

Trump loves seeing his name, but he hates when you don't pay him to use it. That's what got him deported. If he just gave money like Elon does, they would have overlooked his immigration issues.

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u/Jahadaz 3h ago

So that's what clued them in that he wasn't a local.  Selling Freedom Fries under the woke name of French Fries.  Imagine the local kids having to look at that indecency!! Pffft, if that isn't pornographic then I don't know what is.  

Heavy s/ btw.  

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u/-r-a-f-f-y- 3h ago

Incredible being from Lebanon too, where Trump has helped Israel bomb the fuck outta shit.

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u/beren12 3h ago

I bet he’s enjoying those bombs now if they sent him to the correct country.

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u/UnionThug1733 2h ago

The feel good story we needed

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u/anitagorillasmith 3h ago

Bay City? Yea, I know that shit hole and I’m not surprised.

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u/Due_Willingness1 4h ago

The future of maga in a nutshell 

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u/BiBoFieTo 4h ago

In the next five years there will be droves of politicians that will be claiming they never supported him.

The role of the citizens is to make sure they never get rid of the 'stink' of their support.

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u/Infinite-Tea666 3h ago

There already are, look at Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling shit out like she wasn't doing the exact same thing. She just today or yesterday was calling out why we haven't heard anything about migrant caravans recently, when she was one of the very same people screaming about the terrors of those non-existent caravans when she was still getting support (read: money) from trump. They only turn away when it doesn't help their cause anymore. The instant he becomes popular again they'll run back.

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u/KalaUposatha 1h ago

Tucker Carlson too. A lot of the ones that can’t deny their previous support will “see the light” and come to the same conclusion every person with two functioning brain cells already had over a decade ago. They’ll still hold the same positions and vote for anyone who does the same shit as Trump, they’ll just pretend that it’s different somehow.

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u/umlaut 3h ago

They will blame everything on Democrats, as they did with Bush

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u/frosty_biscuits 2h ago

At bare minimum "they did nothing to stop him."

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 34m ago

tbf Schumer had 4 fucking years to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump, yet did jack shit instead. Same goes for Pelosi and Jeffries. Hell, even Biden could've objected to the election since insurrectionists can't run for president, but he cheered for Trump instead. So yeah, Congressional Democrats did nothing to stop Trump, and should be ashamed.

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u/fdzman 4h ago edited 3h ago

There’s legit branches on my dad’s side of the family tree I don’t speak to anymore. I can’t wait till the five year mark hits and see where they still stand. You are definitely right.

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u/ModestArk 4h ago

..Mad Max in 10 years.

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u/Fourty9 4h ago

"Have the day you voted for"

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u/purodurangoalv 4h ago

If he got deported, he couldn’t vote
To begin with

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u/JackLumberPK 4h ago

Riiiiiiiiight, cause they're only deporting "illegals".

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u/defaulticus 3h ago

This particular guy was a Lebanese man who'd overstayed his visa. So he became an illegal immigrant, according to the law.

He came over on a 5 year family and spousal visa because he was supposedly going to marry an American woman, but then for whatever reason they didn't get married. His visa expired in 2024 and he didn't go back, so from then on he was an illegal immigrant. However, at the time he started Trump Burger, his visa was still valid.

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u/gradyjames 4h ago

Not what Republicans would have you believe.

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u/chocotaco 4h ago

Maybe some of his family did.

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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee 4h ago

Leopards…faces, you know the drill.

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u/Rampage_Rick 4h ago

The leopards must be morbidly obese by now...

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 4h ago

I think they're hospitalized from overeating at this point

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u/Mojo141 4h ago

Imagine the level of hatred to be the owner of a Trump based business if you have immigration issues. More than anything that has to be such a sad way to live. Just festering in hatred for others.

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u/word_clock 4h ago

Also stupidity. Winning combo.

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u/slimkt 4h ago

They often go hand in hand.

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u/word_clock 3h ago

Weird, I don't see Melania and Donald holding hands that often.

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u/beren12 3h ago

She probably has a working nose

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u/Mojo647 4h ago

I simply cannot fathom going to a burger joint simply because it aligns with my political affiliation. Like that stuff would get old fast, not to mention just being weird in general.

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u/EstroJen 4h ago

Speak for yourself! I'm a daily customer at ObamaRama mini golf and bowling alley! (/s)

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u/dancingliondl 4h ago

Anywhere that's not a Bowlero has got my business.

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u/BlueAndMoreBlue 4h ago

I would Ravel in such an opportunity

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u/Independent-Hurry618 3h ago edited 31m ago

yep. Steak n' Shake all horny about MAHA (make america healthy again) when rfk promoted tallow.

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u/Ranier_Wolfnight 4h ago

That clown owner really thought he’d be safe, huh?

Grand opening, grand closing. Fucking bum.

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u/opermonkey 4h ago

He didn't send enough hamberders to the white house.

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u/constanto 4h ago

The fact that they were arrested by the president literally for opening these is both the chef's kiss and the horrible nightmare of it all. 

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u/____trash 4h ago

This will forever be one of the funniest stories

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u/VerySuperGenius 1h ago

The fact that an undocumented immigrant dedicated his life to building a tribute restaurant to the guy who promised to deport him is truly fascinating from a humanity perspective. It really shows the limitless potential of what humans are capable of.

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u/Channel250 46m ago edited 24m ago

Most think they're special. Most think they're the exception. Most think they earned "theirs."

Meanwhile, I wake up in my surprisingly great apartment and it takes me about 15 minutes to shake off the feeling that I don't deserve any of it.

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u/Pyrazol310 35m ago

Sigh, I feel this 🫂

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u/dcballantine 4h ago

“I didn’t think the leopards would eat my face!”

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u/bernardfarquart 4h ago

My face!

The leopard!

What?!?

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u/Through_theShadows 4h ago

Trump Burger? WTF?

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u/StinkyEttin 4h ago

It's not a cult.

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u/classof78 4h ago

Were the all beef patties made from tainted Argentina meat?

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u/Otterhendrix 4h ago

Reminds me of the “we love you Mr. Trump” lady who was absolutely shocked that ICE came after her whole family. Get fucked 

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u/OldSchoolAJ 4h ago

There was more than one Trump Burger. It was a chain... and then this happened:

https://www.fayettecountyrecord.com/news/trump-burger-chain-embroiled-lawsuits

Lawyers for President Trump’s private business, the Trump Organization, sent Trump Burger of Bellville a cease and desist letter on Feb. 3.

The letter stated “... we were surprised to learn that you have been flagrantly infringing upon the Trump Organization’s valuable and well-established intellectual property right by operating at least three restaurants under the Trump name and brand.”

The letter demanded that the business stop using the Trump name, brand and trademarks and to remove all references to the Trump name in all websites, social media, marketing and communication materials. It also demanded a “full accounting of all revenues generated directly or indirectly from your unlawful use of the Trump name, brand or trademark.”

Now all have either closed or rebranded.

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u/One_Economist_3761 4h ago

Epstein burger?
Only the freshest meat.

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u/Tbone780 1h ago

Ooof that's clever but fucked

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u/TittysForScience 4h ago

Is this an attempt to hide in plain sight?

Was his thought process along the lines of “they won’t think an undocumented immigrant would open a trump restaurant? I’ll be fine!” ‽

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u/dsj79 4h ago

Why not a hot dog stand?
It could be cause Trump wieners, republicans would flock to it

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u/One_Economist_3761 4h ago

Very small wieners tho.

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u/beren12 3h ago

Cocktail

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u/stackdatdough 4h ago

Mushroom shaped wieners

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u/GlassTablesAreStupid 3h ago

FLOCK

I see what you did there

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u/ImperiumRome 4h ago

As I understand it, 2 out of 3 owners were arrested by ICE, and 1 of them is actually a ... Palestinian.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/food-restaurants/article/trump-burger-new-names-21192346.php?utm_source=reddit

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u/henry23na 3h ago

M wife’s boss was working on his case. Not sure if I can disclose it but dude’s slimy.

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u/Rob_S_Welch 4h ago

These days, schadenfreude is my only freude. Apparently, Trump and his minions have turned me into a spiteful a$$hole, because this story made me smile. It is true that everything that Trump touches turns to $hit, but it’s also true that many of the things he HASN’T touched have also turned to $hit, and I guess I’m one of those things.

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u/Splitcoin 3h ago

I have a 1st born generation mexican friend supporting deportation and is actively living with an illegal whos merried to his sister. And the only reason he himself is legal, his family married off one of his aunts way back when to get the familys paper work pushed thru. How can one be so stupidly hypocritical?

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u/romulcah 1h ago

It’s called pulling the ladder up and it’s scarcely common

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u/abakedapplepie 1h ago

I’m guessing you meant scarily, not scarcely?

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u/Luniticus 1h ago

"Screw you, I got mine" mentality.

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u/HaIfhearted 1h ago

The leopards won't eat *his* face, obviously!

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u/DCKan2 4h ago

Surely the leopard won't eat MY face.

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u/imacmadman22 4h ago

Imagine that…

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u/Wahjahbvious 1h ago

Remember, kids: licking the boot will never stop it from stomping on you.

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u/BernieTheDachshund 2h ago

The day is coming when that name will be erased from every single place in America. Every. Single. Place.

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u/MahoganyShip 1h ago

I wonder if in 100 years the word trump will mean to ruin or destroy rather than supersede

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u/davekingofrock 2h ago

Jesus balls, there was actually a burger place too?

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u/Lemesplain 2h ago

Apparently, “But I’m one of the good ones,” doesn’t actually work. 

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u/Past-North-4131 2h ago

Hahahahahahahaha hahahaahaaaa hahahahahahaha. Hahahahahahahaha. This is RICH!

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u/m0nkeybl1tz 4h ago

The glow effect on Trump is quite excellent 

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u/FuckSteve7 4h ago

Poetic

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u/mothra-of-invention 3h ago

Goodbye leopard-would-eat-my-face burger

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u/N1SMO_GT-R 3h ago

God I LOVE irony

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u/TheReverendCard 2h ago

"I didn't think leopards would eat *my* face!"

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u/APiousCultist 1h ago

Face-Eating Deportation Party continues to thrive, I see.

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u/BoxworthNCSU 2h ago

It's a lesson to anyone that thinks supporting Trump will bring them any other result.

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u/robo-dragon 1h ago

That is hilarious. Wonder how he feels about Trump now?

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u/Environmental-Cake42 1h ago

Owner thought the leopards would eat the burgers, but they just opted for his face.

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u/baconator81 4h ago

I really don't understand how these ppl's mind work.. Do they not know that they are not legal immigrant? They have to be because you can't get a normal driver's license or passport without actual legal documentation.

I can see some 15 year old not knowing anything about their legal status. But for someone that runs a business, that's hard to imagine.

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u/Ravio11i 4h ago

Anyway... 

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 4h ago

He got Trumped on.

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u/No_Obligation4496 4h ago

They were being sued by the Trump Organization anyhow.

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u/The14thWarrior 3h ago

lol Epstein Burger is a nice touch.

This really symbolizes ‘Trump’ as a whole for me. I mean you’ve got deportation, Epstein, and burgers all wrapped up in a nice little image.

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u/Responsible-Stick-50 2h ago

Oh well and ha ha. Anyways...

I'm making a homemade veggie soup today because I have a lot of veg about to go. Here's the recipe.but use whatever you have. Do this all in one big kettle.

Cabbage, carrots, onion, garlic, frozen broccoli, and a big container ofleft over rice, boxed veg stock. Whatever seasoning you have. I like Italian blend. Olive oil.

Dice onions, garlic, carrots, and sautéed in olive oil until onions are cooked through and slightly caramelized. Add cabbage chunks and quickly sautée. Microwavefrozen broccoli and drain excess water. Add broccoli and Add veg stock until everything is covered in liquid. Additalian seasoning to taste (Several tablespoons) Turn on med low and let low boil / simmer for 1 hour. Reheat rice and add directly to kettle if there's room.

I've done this w hard squash, corn, and used curry spices and its also great. Basically use what you got.
Oh and Fuck trump.

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u/Rpain 2h ago

Good

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u/almostbullets 2h ago

Leopards eats faces, not burgers

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u/CocoMilhonez 2h ago

It should reopen as The Leopard Burger. Only face burgers will be served.

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u/Breathe_Of_Aether 1h ago

Further proof of what morons conservatives are.

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u/shifty808 1h ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/fricken 1h ago

Fuck Trump right in his fuckt rump.

He's just a fink with a dead sphincter and an economic slump. His orifice offers it's awful offal right in the oval office. He plumps his pampers while MAGA mugs, knees bent, noses unplugged behind their dear leader's distended Depends.

The war in Iran has given Trump the runs. Will his Huggies this time contain the glug-glug; or will Trump once again leave a stain on the rug?

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u/One_Animator_1835 42m ago

All of his supporters are guilty of something, and they all think sucking the orange cheeto will give them special credit.

It won't. You will just get fried by both sides.

So long, loser

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u/Unique-Egg-461 38m ago

funniest part is they got a cease and desist order from......the trump org lol