Thread: Reno McDonalds raided by ICE

I can hardly wait - I hope they do it every day. Until they go home.


[quote]Latino community activists are calling for a statewide work boycott beginning tomorrow.
They are calling for a work out comes after more than 40 McDonald’s employees were arrested this morning at restaurants in Reno and Fernley.

Mayor Bob Cashell told members of the media and the Latino community this afternoon in front of the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building that the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers this morning were not good for the Reno community.

“There’s got to be a better way to handle than coming in and doing this,â€

Tell me my school taxes aren't being spent on illegal aliens:

Washoe County social services and the school district officials said they consulted today on a plan to help children whose parents could have been detained in an immigration sweep of undocumented workers.

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic ... 8/70927037

And the link for my previous post: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic ... eakingnews

A bio on the alleged employer of illegal aliens, at least one of whom was involved in ID theft, which started the investigation:

LUTHER MACK, JR. - Director

From 1989 to the present Luther Mack (Mr. Mack) has been the President and CEO of Mack and Associates, a company that owns and operates eight McDonald restaurants.

Mr. Mack brings an extensive business background to the company. Mr. Mack owned KXRI Fox Television in Reno and eight McDonalds Restaurants. Mr. Mack serves on the boards of Wells Fargo Bank Reno and Harveys Hotel and Casino Properties. Mr. Mack is the former chairman of the Reno Airport Authority. Mr. Mack is a frequent guest lecturer for the University of Nevada, Reno Business Department.
Mr. Mack has received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.

http://sec.edgar-online.com/2004/01/13/ ... tion10.asp

What a combination -

Wells Fargo - serial abuser of matricula consular card.

Casinos - reputed home to LOTS of illegal aliens.

Reno INTERNATIONAL Airport Authority - which SHOULD BE checking for illegal aliens!!

And a TV station, to boot.

A pillar of the community, apparently.

Another opinion from a post several months ago at wehirealiens.com

Luther Mack owns about 10 McDonalds here in the Reno/Sparks area. Last year I was told by employees there were illegals hired and also underage (13)who is a relative of the mexican manager at the store. Luther told all his employees to wear white t shirts this week in support of the march on May 1st. I would say that out of the 75-100 employees Luther has, 90% of his employees are mexican.

From the houston chronicle.... same story

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5171195.html

add your two cents at the bottom of the story


At least 56 McDonald's workers arrested in immigration raid

By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press

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.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents 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.

A spokeswoman for McDonald's Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill., said the company would issue a statement.

The raids drew immediate criticism from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and activists, who estimated the number of arrests to be closer to 100.

The mayor, area Hispanic leaders and members of the American Civil Liberties Union called a news conference in front of the federal courthouse late Thursday.

"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."

"Think of some of the people who were arrested and picked up; they have children. They don't know where their mama or their daddy is. That's not right."

ICE was working with Washoe County social services to help provide care for children, Rocha said. The detainees were allowed to telephone their family during the processing, he said.

The workers arrested were being processed Thursday night and will be transferred to an unidentified local detention center to await deportation proceedings, Rocha said.

The ICE has made several raids in recent months, including large ones at meatpacker Swift & Co., poultry plant Crider Inc. and leather factory Michael Bianco Inc.

Social service advocates said arrests in March at the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford, Mass., created a humanitarian crisis, with some children left with no one to care for them.

RENO TV STATIONS WEBSIGHTS


http://www.ktvn.com/ (saying 100 arrested) cbs

http://www.ktvn.com/ nbc

http://www.kolotv.com/ abc

Ah, that's good news. It's amazing what results can be achieved when the Feds actually try some serious enforcement. It can actually work.

Re: fred5678 -

Someone said that there were rumors for 2 weeks beforehand about the raids.

This is the thing I was most curious about. It sounds to me like someone higher up the chain in ICE leaked the info - with the intention of getting to the manager/owner...? (that would be very disturbing to me) I wish ICE would look into that aspect to help ensure that the operation is all 'textbook' with no funny stuff going on...

Also, I wonder if the other businesses 'Mr. Mack' owns will be looked at by ICE too. Sounds to me, like 'probable cause' is a realistic concern here.

[quote="fred5678"][quote] Hispanic leaders speak out on ICE raid

Plans ready to help ICE detainees' children
Hispanic leaders call press conference


Hispanic leaders warned Latino workers not to go to work Friday if there was chance they’d be caught up in the raid that netted 40 undocumented workers from area McDonald’s earlier in the day.


No work and they will leave. They are going to be too afraid to go to work. They never know when ICE will strike.

"Detainees' children" is just a sympathy ploy. ICE is breaking up famlies again. Both parents work at M.Ds?

[quote="jamesw62"]
At least 56 McDonald's workers arrested in immigration raid

By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press

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.

Yeah, right.

"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.

Another day without a Mexican. (Can I say that?)


"Think of some of the people who were arrested and picked up; they have children. They don't know where their mama or their daddy is. That's not right."

ICE was working with Washoe County social services to help provide care for children, Rocha said. The detainees were allowed to telephone their family during the processing, he said.


See, the children DO have other family members.
The American dream is becoming an American nightmare.
I am to excited to go to bed. I wll probable stay up all night smiling.
This has been a long time coming.

ICE Raids McDonald's Restaurants in Nev.advertisement

Nev. (AP) - 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.

Lisa Howard, a spokeswoman for McDonald's Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill., said the company had no comment on the arrests.

"This is a local situation with a local operator," she said.

The raids drew immediate criticism from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and activists, who estimated the number of arrests to be closer to 100.
The mayor joined a news conference area Hispanic leaders and members of the American Civil Liberties Union called in front of the federal courthouse late Thursday.

"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."

"Think of some of the people who were arrested and picked up; they have children. They don't know where their mama or their daddy is. That's not right."

ICE was working with Washoe County social services to help provide care for children, Rocha said. The detainees were allowed to telephone their family during the processing, he said.

The workers arrested were being processed Thursday night and will be transferred to an unidentified local detention center to await deportation proceedings, Rocha said.

The ICE has made several raids in recent months, including large ones at meatpacker Swift & Co., poultry plant Crider Inc. and leather factory Michael Bianco Inc.

Social service advocates said arrests in March at the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford, Mass., created a humanitarian crisis, with some children left with no one to care for them

He said he would contact Nevada's congressional delegation and ask the city council to look into the raids."

The raid sounds like textbook execution. The 'congressional delegation' should congratulate ICE.