ICE raids popular P.B. restaurant The French Gourmet
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Federal immigration officials have detained about a dozen people at the popular French bakery and catering company The French Gourmet on Tourquoise Street in Pacific Beach.

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SAN DIEGO – A popular Pacific Beach bakery and restaurant was targeted Thursday in a search by federal immigration officials who took into custody workers suspected of being in the country illegally.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed a criminal search warrant at The French Gourmet on Turquoise Street near Cass Street at 7:45 a.m. said agency spokeswoman Lauren Mack.

She said the warrant was part of an “ongoing criminal investigationâ€