A halal cart owner who had been running his operation in Manhattan for more than a decade said a recent surge in immigration enforcement and declining sales could put him out of business.

Mayor Eric Adams recently vetoed a bill that would have decriminalized illegal street vending, and enforcement has increased under his administration, even as undocumented food truck and cart vendors grew increasingly worried about potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the city.

Hamza, who asked NY1 not to show his face or use his real name due to security concerns, is a U.S. citizen originally from Egypt. But he said he was concerned about putting some of his workers — many of whom are undocumented Egyptian immigrants — in danger.

He said they are now living in fear amid recent re

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