An Arizona taco chain was forced to close seven of its restaurants after dozens of its workers were detained by ICE.
Taco Giro, which operates nine locations in the state and one in Mexico, lost about 10 percent of its staff after their homes were raided.
Cesar Rodriguez, director of operations, confirmed to the Tucson Sentinel the seven closures, though three have since reopened.
Forty-six workers were swept up in the raids, which were part of an operation by the Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies.
‘Basically, they corralled everyone in the homes where they were living, which was a couple of houses,’ Rodriguez told the publication.
‘And they came into the establishment to verify documentation and some questioning items what they were investigating on and pretty much that was it.’
One of the Taco Giro outposts, located at the Country Club of Green Valley, lost about six employees, Rodriguez said, noting no agents turned up at the restaurant.
‘The accusation is they were paying the employees that were undocumented cash under the table,’ Rodriguez told the publication.
He believes this caught the attention of the IRS and that ICE officials took ‘materials’ as part of an audit.
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