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Immigration sweeps: Passing fad or new normal?

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast features advice from attorney Davis Bae of Fisher & Phillips to help restaurant operators prepare. Also, an update on what CloudKitchens Travis Kalanick is up to.

In this week’s Working Lunch, Jeff Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies sit down with Davis Bay, managing partner of the Seattle office of law firm Fisher Phillips, to talk about the immigration issue and how operators should prepare for the future. The question is asked: Is this a passing fad or the new normal?

In the podcast, Kefauver and Coley also catch up with the evolution of CloudKitchens and what former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is up to these days.

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