Federal authorities they executed search warrants in the metropolitan area of Phoenixseveral of them were restaurants Zippsas part of a long-term criminal investigation into alleged violations graves to federal law.
However, it emerged on social media that they were actually immigration raids inside the restaurants and that they even took “two dark-skinned people.”
“I knew it was coming to Phoenix, but I didn’t think it would be today. ICE just raided the sports bar where my daughters work. We saw two of their coworkers taken away via the Citizen app. The girls say they have their papers. So I hope they get released soon,” wrote one user on X.
According to the prosecutor’s office United States of the District of Arizonaagents searched 15 branches of the restaurant franchise Zipps Sports Grill, located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, due to a federal investigation.
Although the details of the investigation are unknown, authorities stated that in the coming days they will release more details about the criminal investigation into serious crimes of the federal law.
This is an ongoing investigation and information is limited at this time. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, Investigations of National security and other federal law enforcement entities in Arizona They remain committed to protecting the public and the national territory, defending the rule of law and the interests of the American people, they declared.
After the search in some branches of Zipps and after it emerged that it was an immigration raid, people gathered outside the restaurants to ask that ICE leaves Phoenix.