Thread: Restaurant Owner Arrested on Immigration Charge

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05/15/2006
Restaurant Owner Arrested on Immigration Charge

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents arrested one of the owners of a Mexican restaurant in St. Joseph, Missouri, on a charge that he knowingly hired illegal aliens to work at his restaurants.

The agents arrested Julio Zapala-Urbina, co-owner of Julio's Mexican Restaurants in St. Joseph and Cedar Falls, Iowa . ICE agents also conducted administrative arrest of nine illegal aliens at his St. Joseph restaurant and 12 illegal aliens at his Cedar Falls restaurant .

The agency says it has stepped up its efforts to enforce immigration laws at worksites. The agency has announced a number of arrests in recent weeks.

"Businesses who knowingly employ illegal aliens are on notice that they will be criminally prosecuted," says Pete Baird, assistant special agent-in-charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Kansas City . "Using ICE's unique immigration and customs law enforcement authorities, we'll also make every effort to seize all assets that may be associated with the illegal activity."

According to the criminal complaint, many of the employees never completed any paperwork or produced any documentation indicating that they were legally authorized to work in the United States . Since 1986, all newly hired employees must complete Form I-9 in which they declare their citizenship. The I-9 also indicates what documents they used to prove their legal work status.

That's impressive 12 to 20 million illegals and they get a news story for arresting one restaurant owner. I'm sure that the illegals were released. That's what they did with the ones in last month's highly publicised raid on the foreign owned pallet company.

Bush want's to give them citizenship but that's not amnesty. Give me a break.

President Bush said last nite that they would stop the "catch and release" program, let us see if that is true. News stories will tell....

They know full well that large corporations like McDonald's is knowingly hiring illegals. They do not raid McDonald's because that would actually start getting into the effective area. This other stuff is just show and tell BS.

You're right about McDonald's but the employers that profit the most are contractors. food and meat processing , manufacturing(what little there is left) and agriculture and these are the industries that have bought and paid for the republican senators. When these people are legalized what's to keep them from becoming welfare stay at homes. For that matter what if our economy tanks. They have no skills or resources and they will get a tremendous share of the welfare entitlements. Statisticians are predicting this amnesty will bring 193million Mexicans into this country in the next 20 years. Those of us who are still around will effectively be living in Mexico North.

Some restaurants are known to have a turn over rate of 150 or more employees a year.

Anyone care for a serving of hepatitis or TB? How about a side order of mumps?