The inventor of the “Trump Burger” has been detained by the very administration he idolizes, making him the second MAGA-branded restaurateur to land in ICE custody this summer.
Iyad Abuelhawa, 55, was detained by ICE agents on June 2, two months before his one-time business partner, Roland Beainy, 28, went viral for being taken into custody by ICE as he ran Trump Burger locations in Texas.
Abuelhawa, who previously served time in federal prison, is accused of being in the U.S. illegally for more than a decade. He was issued a deportation order on Sept. 15, 2009, reported the Fayette County Record, citing an ICE spokesperson.
ICE has vowed never to let Abuelhawa walk free in the U.S. again.
“While in the U.S. illegally, Abuelhawa has repeatedly put the lives of innocent Americans in je