August 2025

The National Restaurant Association is collecting information about current conditions and challenges related to immigration policy and its impact on the restaurant industry. Please be assured that all information provided is anonymous and strictly confidential.

The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Please submit a completed survey by September 5.

For the entire survey, please provide information for a single restaurant location. If you are a restaurant operator with multiple restaurants in your organization, please consider completing a separate survey for each location.

If you wish to only complete one survey, please choose your primary restaurant for this survey.

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In which state is this restaurant located?

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Which segment best describes the restaurant for which you are completing this survey?

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Which of the following best describes the restaurant for which you are completing this survey?

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Which of the following best describes the community in which this restaurant is located?

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How many total employees currently work at this restaurant?

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Has your restaurant experienced any visible immigration enforcement activity (e.g., ICE or related agents present outside your restaurant, questioning customers, or monitoring the area) in the past 6 months?

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If yes, what type of activity occurred? (please select all that apply)

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How much have the recent immigration enforcement actions - such as arrests and deportations - impacted sales at your restaurant?

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How much have the recent immigration enforcement actions - such as arrests and deportations - impacted customer traffic at your restaurant?

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How much have the recent immigration enforcement actions - such as arrests and deportations - impacted your restaurant's ability to hire and retain employees?

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Has your restaurant experienced any of the following impacts in recent months, as a result of actual immigration enforcement actions or concern about them happening? (please select all that apply)

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During the past 6 months, did your restaurant employ any workers who are in the U.S. under the following programs? (please select all that apply)

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Would your restaurant benefit from a program that allows long-serving, reliable employees to continue working legally in the U.S.?

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Overall, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for the U.S. restaurant industry?

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In your opinion, should legal immigration to the U.S. be kept at its current level, increased or decreased?

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How much have the recent immigration enforcement actions impacted your restaurant's ability to be successful?

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Do you have any specific examples or stories about how immigration enforcement or the lack of comprehensive immigration reform is affecting your restaurant?

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Would you be willing to speak with a member of the National Restaurant Association staff to discuss your responses further? If so, please provide your name and email address.

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