U.S. Customs and Immigration agents conduct raids at western New York work sites (WIVB - Buffalo)

U.S. Customs and Immigration agents conduct raids at western New York work sites

Updated: April 16, 2008 11:18 AM EDT


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, in close coordination with our state, local and federal law enforcement partners, are serving search and arrest warrants as part of an ongoing criminal worksite enforcement investigation at a number of locations in five states. The investigation is being directed by the ICE Office of Investigations in Buffalo and the United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.
The arrest and search warrants are being served in three locations in Western New York and at several other locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Georgia. We anticipate the operation will continue for several hours. More information about the investigation and those arrested will be available at a press conference later today. No other information is available at this time.
Among the restaurants raided was El Caporal Mexican Restaurant on 3601 Union Road in Cheektowaga.