In May 2018, New York lawyer Aaron Schlossberg gained national attention after a video showed him angrily confronting employees at a Manhattan café for speaking Spanish. He threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), insisting that they should speak English in the United States.

The backlash was swift and severe. His law firm was bombarded with negative online reviews, prompting Yelp to temporarily disable comments on his business profile. His office lease was revoked, forcing him to find a new workspace. In a symbolic act of protest, a crowdfunding campaign successfully raised money to hire a mariachi band to perform outside his former office.

Further scrutiny revealed that this was not an isolated incident. In 2017, Schlossberg was recorded shouting, “You are not a Jew,” at Jewish counterprotesters. Another individual recounted a 2016 altercation in which Schlossberg allegedly called him an "ugly foreigner" and threatened to call the police.

As public criticism mounted, Schlossberg issued an apology, claiming that watching the viral footage of himself had made him realize his behavior was unacceptable. He expressed regret to those he had offended, but many questioned the sincerity of his statement.

His actions also had professional consequences. In January 2021, he was officially censured for his conduct, with a legal disciplinary panel ruling that his behavior was inappropriate for an attorney and violated ethical standards.

Ultimately, Schlossberg’s 2018 outburst led to lasting consequences, including public disgrace, the loss of his office, widespread condemnation, and formal disciplinary action against his legal career.