The owner of Trump Burger is arrested. What we know about the Texas chain

The owner of a Texas restaurant group that celebrates President Donald Trump is facing immigration enforcement.

Trump Burger’s locations boast Trump-themed menu items, campaign decorations and burger buns stamped with “TRUMP.” The first location opened in 2020, founded by Roland Beainy, who moved to the U.S. from Lebanon the year before, according to Fox Business. It went viral earlier this year when his social media profiles were spammed with “chicken taco” comments, a nod to the “Trump Always Chickens Out” acronym created to describe his approach to tariffs.

Beainy and some of his restaurants are involved in lawsuits, according to local outlet The Fayette County Record. Court records for a lawsuit between the Trump Burger Kemah location and its landlord indicate Beainy was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this year.

Here is what we know:

Did the owner of Trump Burger get deported?

ICE confirmed that Beainy, 28, entered the country in 2019 as a non-immigrant visitor but stayed past his required departure date in February 2024. He was arrested May 16, 2025, and on June 13, an immigration judge approved his release on bond while he undergoes his proceedings.
Beainy declined to comment on this story.

Trump has long made immigration crackdowns a central part of his rhetoric. His administration has set out to deport 1 million people annually, far surpassing previous highs, especially considering encounters at the southern border have been at a historic low and deportation increases are coming from the interior. Still, the administration has pursued a number of controversial and legally contentious actions to achieve its goal.