INS Arrests 67 Maids in Hotel-Motel Raids
Sixty-seven illegal immigrants employed as maids have been arrested in three days of raids on hotels and motels here, officials said.
The maids, all of them Mexican citizens, were arrested between Tuesday and Thursday at about 20 hotels and motels by Immigration and Naturalization Service agents as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers. An INS spokesman said the maids all agreed to return to Mexico and an investigation was underway to determine if the hotels and motels--which include Holiday Inn, Best Western, Ramada Inn and Super 8 Motel--will be fined.
“The INS is committed to ensuring that legal workers do not have to compete for jobs with workers who do not have the legal right to them,” said Luis Garcia, district INS director.
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