Ann Arbor restaurant operators sentenced in immigration case
February 11, 2009

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A Detroit federal judge has sentenced the operators of an Ann Arbor restaurant for harboring illegal Mexican immigrant employees in their basement.


Prosecutors say Guan Han Chen and his ex-wife Hoa Le Chen employed, transported and housed the immigrants in 2006-2007. The home is in Washtenaw County’s Ypsilanti Township.


Prosecutors say the Chens run the New Garden Buffet. A jury convicted them in October.


Judge Gerald Rosen on Wednesday gave Guan Han Chen seven months in prison and seven months in a community corrections facility. Rosen sentenced Hoa Le Chen to time served.


The Associated Press left phone and e-mail messages with their lawyers Wednesday night seeking comment.

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