Four Springfield restaurants were caught up in this week’s enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security agents.
A total of 19 people were taken into custody, most charged with falsifying immigration documents to obtain employment carrying a charge of up to five years in prison.
Four of the 19 are charged with illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported which if convicted could land them a two year prison term.
The arrests were made during raids at the three Xochimilco restaurants and at Good Tequila’s on South Sixth.
