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Kid Rock is putting some space between himself and his Nashville restaurant and music venue following a report that the business closed its doors early last week to avoid an immigration raid on its staff.
The avid Trump supporter said that he has no involvement in how his restaurant, Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse, is run in a statement Monday. The statement neither denied or affirmed the report.
“That being said I 100% support getting illegal criminals out of our country no matter where they are,” he wrote. “I also like President Trump want to speed up the process of getting GREAT immigrants into our country - LEGALLY!”
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His comment follows Nashville Scene reporting that all of his restaurant’s employees, as well as two other local establishments, were directed to leave on May 11 if they did not have legal citizenship status. That order from management came amid rumors of potential raids taking place in the area by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We were already understaffed because of the ICE raids throughout the weekend,” one employee told the news outlet under the condition of anonymity. “Then, around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, our manager came back and told anyone without legal status to go home.”
A representative with the restaurant did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment Tuesday.
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Local station FOX 17 News similarly reported that at least two restaurants in the same area shut down that same weekend amid reports of ICE activity.
“For a city that runs on the service industry, this is extremely detrimental to us,” a restaurant manager told the news outlet, also under the condition of anonymity.
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The “American Bad Ass” singer, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, is a fervent Trump supporter who advocated in his reelection campaign and performed at his inauguration. He has commended Trump’s efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration and recently dubbed Trump the “dragon slayer” for his targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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