Trump-themed burger chain’s owner faces deportation in Texas, ICE says

A man known for opening a chain of Trump-themed burger joints in Texas is now subject to the president’s long-promised immigration crackdown, officials and local news outlets said.

Roland Mehrez Beainy, the 28-year-old owner of the Houston-area chain Trump Burger, was arrested by immigration officials in May and could eventually be removed from the country, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told McClatchy News on Aug. 8.

Beainy recently opened the fourth Trump-themed restaurant in Houston on April 19, KPRC reported. Other locations exist in Kemah, Bellville, and Flatonia, according to the restaurant’s website.

Beainy, according to ICE, is from Lebanon and came to the United States in 2019 as a “non-immigrant visitor.” He was supposed to leave the country in February 2024 but failed to do so, according to ICE.

He was arrested May 16 and released on bond June 13 as his immigration hearings proceed, ICE said.

Trump Burger declined to comment on the owner’s arrest.

“Under the current administration, ICE is committed to restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system by holding all individuals accountable who illegally enter the country or overstay the terms of their admission,” the ICE spokesperson said in a statement. “This is true regardless of what restaurant you own or political beliefs you might have.”