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What do you think of Armed immigration agents raid Westbrook eatery?

• WESTBROOK — Armed immigration agents Wednesday morning descended upon a popular Main Street Mexican restaurant, which has employed illegal workers since it opened in 2006, according to court documents. Guillermo Fuentes, 35, owner of Fajita Grill in Westbrook, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and employment of illegal aliens. His brother, Hector Fuentes, who owns Cancun Mexican restaurants in Biddeford and Waterville, was arrested on the same charges. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into the employment of illegal aliens at Fajita Grill was prompted by a tip from Westbrook Police Capt. Tom Roth, court documents said. The documents said Roth informed the federal agency that during routine traffic stops in April 2008, Westbrook police officers had pulled over Hispanic men who appeared to work at Fajita Grill, claimed to be from Mexico and could not provide any United States identification. During the investigation, a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security interviewed four illegal aliens, all of whom had worked for the Fuentes brothers at a Mexican restaurant in Atlanta call El Potrillo. They said they relocated in 2006 with about a dozen other employees to work for the Fuentes brothers at Fajita Grill in Maine and later at one or both of the Cancun locations. They told the special agent they were paid between $300 and $500 per week in cash for working about 60 hours. A witness to the raid in Westbrook, who declined to be identified, said a helicopter flew overhead as a swarm of federal agents entered Fajita Grill about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. In the following hours, agents continued to enter and exit the building at 857 Main St., while people planning to eat lunch there looked confused as they yanked on the locked doors and pressed their faces against the large windows peering into the dark restaurant, formerly a sports bar called Rookies. Soon after opening, Fajita Grill quickly became a Westbrook hotspot, known for its fast service, lively waitstaff and super-sized margaritas. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Brothers-arrested-for-employing-illegal-aliens.html So illegals do not pay taxes like supporters claim they do pay taxes and how much money was the IRS cheated out of from this operation working for cash ?

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  Will they be released or deported? If deported good, it hurts us all when taxes aren't paid on wages especially if their family is collecting welfare etc in addition to the off the books wages.