Posted on 09/27/2007 8:55:58 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
RENO, Nev — Federal agents raided 11 McDonald's restaurants in northern Nevada and made dozens of arrests Thursday as part of an investigation into illegal immigration.
Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made at least 56 arrests in Reno, Sparks and Fernley after raids at the restaurants and a franchise corporate headquarters in Reno, agency spokesman Richard Rocha said.
"They are people suspected of being in the country illegally. As far as I know, they were all McDonald's employees," he told The Associated Press.
The investigation began five months ago and was sparked by an identity theft complaint, Rocha said. A local law enforcement agency then gave ICE information that illegal immigrants were working at specific McDonald's restaurants, he said.
Luther Mack, who owns at least some of the restaurants that were raided, insisted that his businesses require employees to provide documentation.
"As an employer, I do not knowingly hire or employ undocumented or unauthorized workers," Mack said in a statement.
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The raids drew immediate criticism from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and activists, who estimated the number of arrests to be closer to 100.
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"We don't approve of the Gestapo methods ICE is using," said Gilbert Cortez, a Latino leader who urged Hispanic workers to stay home from work in protest Friday.
Cashell, a Republican and former lieutenant governor, said that if identity theft was involved, that was wrong, and that he opposed a protest that would keep workers at home on Friday.
He said he would contact Nevada's congressional delegation and ask the city council to look into the raids. He said that he opposes illegal immigration, as well as immunity for illegal immigrants, but that "there has to be a better way to do this."
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
And this is whose fault?
RACIAL PROFILING! RACIAL PROFILING! OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED!!!
/illegal alien rant off
PING
(Barf Alert)
Illegal aliens working in Nevada McDonald’s were arrested...
How dare they...
/s
Heh. Just doing the jobs Americans won't do, I suppose.
Nazi reference - you lose!
One of my all time favorite illegal alien quotes:
“Why aren’t the authorities out arresting people who are breaking the law instead of these poor undocumented workers?!?!”
Oh, the irony.
Sick’em Tiger.
Amazed.
Enforcement of the law.
how about coming to Los Angeles, to give us some elbow room here?
That is all that works at mickey Ds here north of Atlanta.I will not go there and will not take my kids there.This is how you fight this nonsense.Thank God for Waffle house.
Que? No mas bigmacs?
Are you lovin’ it?
It sure beats; “We cannot do this without some form of immigration reform”
Hiz honor is feeling the heat of the casinos in his little town...
I was at the location on a bus and stopped counting at 50 (that was this past Monday, but it is a regular occurence).
If not, it goes with the territory and Home Depots.
I was driving home from work the other day and a McDonalds was advertising for workers in Spanish Only. Obviously english speaking people need not apply.
LOL
I know of one street in Ventura County and one in Los Angeles County where you could arrest 25,000 on each street in one day. This is all hype!
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