Owner: Customers threatened to call ICE on Mexican restaurant in Texas that s keeping mask mandate
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FILE - In this Monday June 29, 2020, file photo, Imani Williams sanitizes tables at Junior s Restaurant, in New York. Gov. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, that he was erasing the handful of remaining âorange zonesâ in the state where tougher pandemic restrictions had been in place because of the fast spread of COVID-19. Eliminating the zones will allow restaurants that had been within them to again offer indoor dining, albeit at half capacity. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Mexican Restaurant In Texas Threatened With ICE Calls For Keeping Mask Rule
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The co-owner of Picos restaurant in Houston said, For people to be negative toward us for trying to remain safe. just makes zero sense”
Texas mask mandate is set to end on March 10
Gov. Greg Abbott has received criticism for his decision to lift the mandate
Restaurants in Texas are faced with a difficult decision after Gov. Greg Abbott s recent decision to drop the mask mandate. Several businesses have reportedly been criticized and threatened after saying they will still require people to wear face coverings when entering.
As March 10 approaches, business owners across Texas have started to give statements regarding their mask policy following Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that the <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/03/02/texas-gov-greg-abbott-to-give-statewide-address-from-lubbock/" target= blank>statewide mandate will be lifted</a>.
The owner of a Mexican restaurant in Texas said customers have threatened to report her employees to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the business decided to keep enforcing its mask-wearing
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