JACKSON, Miss.: Federal authorities have raided multiple restaurants in Mississippi as part of an immigration check.
Agents with Immigration and Custom Enforcement executed criminal search warrants at eight Asian restaurants. It was unclear how many people were detained.
Agency spokesman Thomas Byrd tells The Clarion-Ledger the majority of restaurants affected were part of the Ichiban chain. The raids occurred in Jackson, Flowood, Pearl and Meridian. A China Buffett in Pearl was also a target of the search warrants.
Bryd declined to say what was outlined in the warrants. However, he said, all of the warrants are related.
Bill Chandler with Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance says it’s his understanding the raids were targeting those “not in status” or undocumented workers who may be in Mississippi on expired visas. -AP
