Restaurant operator arrested by ICE (Cibola Beacon)

Restaurant operator arrested by ICE

Published Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:34 PM MDT

GRANTS - U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers were in Grants early on Sept. 17. Ben Lu, co-owner of the Asian Buffet on Grants' eastside, was their target and he was nabbed at approximately 10:15 a.m. by ICE officers in front of his restaurant while other employees observed.

According to Tony Mace of the Cibola County Sheriff's Department, there was a warrant for Lu's arrest because he had violated his immigration status in New York.

“The ICE officers really didn't have much to say,” said Mace. “All I know is that they wanted Lu and had a warrant for his arrest stemming from Lu violating his immigration status in New York.”