ICE shuts down restaurant owned by U.S. citizen—for putting up "No ICE Welcome" sign. 50 armed agents block shop entrance with official vehicles. "This is intimidation—I'm scared for my life with all your guns out here," he says. "Why y'all doing this to me? I'm just a citizen and... a small business owner." Officers from the following law enforcement agencies all worked together to blockade the local restaurant—ICE, FBI, ATF, National Guard, and Memphis Police Department. The incident occurred at Da Sammich Spot in Memphis, Tennessee. #DemsUnitedshow more

Law enforcement is no longer protecting and serving their communities. This is getting disgusting.

Why aren't local police protecting the actual citizens of their own city? #cowardICE

All they do is terrorize communities.

I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. l've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.

@TheJFreakinC I’ve got an idea. Why don’t they self deport? The government will send them home free and we will even give them money. No more living in fear.

@LongTimeHistory You sure about that?

#StopICE

@allenorresq This is surely illegal. Wtaf??? ICE is evil

@allenorresq I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. l've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. Helicopters circling over neighborhoods, National Guard officers patrolling downtown, and unmarked law enforcement vehicles in the streets.

@allenorresq It’s grotesque. And illegal

What’s the restaurants name so we can support $$ ??

"Da Sammich Spot" in Memphis, Tennessee.

@AraucanianNJ I did a quick search on @grok and it appears this is fake

The incident at Da Sammich Spot involved a Jan 4, 2026 confrontation with ICE and other agencies, as shown in verified video footage. However, claims of a full shutdown solely due to the "No ICE Welcome" sign remain unconfirmed by official sources. It's linked to ongoing Memphis immigration ops. The shop appears open per their social media.

How is this legal?

How is anything Trump does legal? 😡

Fuck the right! They bitch about making wedding cakes for gays but then get all butt hurt when someone doesn't want to sell sandwiches to their fat Nazi asses. We need to highlight this business so it gets more business than ever. If you're ever in Memphis be sure to visit Da Sammich Spot simply because they said fuck no to Nazi bitches. #DASammichSpot

So, Orange Hitler's regime is approaching the Kristallnacht phase???

This is Nazi Germany shit.

#Resist

@JulieA77669619

Don’t go to Memphis y’all. The Memphis Police Department literally has nothing better to do than assist in intimidation of a local business owner, who by all definition, meets the same parameters of a SCOTUS ruling saying a personal business doesn’t have to make a cake for a gay couple, so this business doesn’t have to serve ICE employees either dipsh*ts. There are way better places to visit than f’n Memphis. @MemphisTravel @CityOfMemphis @MEM_PoliceDept @Nextdoor you’re being “throttled” or you’re throttling yourselves. Upper left hand corner of blank page.

Video after video of ICE harassing business owners, blocking entrances, brutalizing people - and where is our pushback? No organization. No real resistance. No leadership. This doesn't get better by itself. It only expands.

@MtzTweets Print Your Own Business Signs

They should start a phone chain and get people from within a quarter mile area to phone in orders and walk over to pick them up. SUPPORT these businesses resisting ICE!!!!

Absolutel fucking scumbags, this government is a disgrace

Yep it's not Protect and Serve anymore, looks like the US has gone to the dark side. Nowadays the cops "ABUSE and TERRORIZE", all thanks to the Trump administration. This 👇 video is from his FIRST term.

That's insane! They have 0 right to block a local business! The business has a right to refuse service to anyone and you have a right to go elsewhere!

@cookiemomma0302 Where are @elonmusk and all the ‘free speech absolutists’ at? How about the free market capitalists and small business owners? What a fucking disgrace.

@JamesFLoveIV Fascism

Hitler had the SS and the SA. It started exactly the same way. (If this story is true)

Wtf!!!

🤬😡🤬

This is wild. What happened to "don't tread on me"?

You notice no one wants their face filmed because they know it’s wrong.

sounds like there's a missing part of the story where he did something obstructiony you can keep people out of your establishment... but there's a fine line when it comes to obstruction

@ConnieCassidy67 What is happening? Police need to protect this restaurant not attack it.

Let's show them some love!! Twitter page - @DaSammichSpot Facebook page -

This is where the people from the community should come out 10,000 deep.

Local cops throwing their constituents under the bus. No restaurants should serve these fascists.

What law are they enforcing?. they cannot do that.

@TheRealFancyGrl Coming soon 😫

They ain't got shit else to do? Hope the owner sues every department involved

@MtzTweets

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