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9 Face Deportation After Police Raid Spas
R.I. Law Requires Massage Givers To Have Licenses

POSTED: 5:09 pm EDT May 21, 2005
UPDATED: 5:27 pm EDT May 21, 2005

PROVIDENCE -- Nine Asian women face deportation after police raided four Providence spas (when?) where the women were allegedly giving massages without being licensed.

A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the women were taken into custody and charged with immigration violations.

There's no word on whether the nine will also be charged for selling their services without a license -- a misdemeanor under Rhode Island law.

The spokeswoman, Paula Grenier, wouldn't identify the women.

Authorities said the women are either in this country illegally or working in the country illegally.