ICE arrests 58 employees at 8 Casa Fiesta restaurants in N. Ohio

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | July 28, 2008

Media-Newswire.com) - CLEVELAND - Special agents with U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) today administratively arrested 58 restaurant employees on immigration violations after executing federal search warrants at eight Casa Fiesta restaurants throughout northern Ohio.

Casa Fiesta is a chain of Mexican restaurants located in Ashland, Fremont, Norwalk, Oberlin, Oregon, Sandusky, Vermillion, and Youngstown, Ohio. This worksite enforcement operation was the culmination of more than a yearlong investigation.

“ICE criminal worksite enforcement investigations unfold in multiple stages,” said Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Detroit. “Executing criminal search warrants and administratively arresting unauthorized workers is just one step in the investigative process.” Moskowitz oversees the States of Ohio and Michigan.

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