About 2,300 people combined to donate more than $100,000 to help 16 people who were taken into custody after federal agents raided two of Emiliano’s four Mexican restaurants in the Pittsburgh area.
“We stand by our team. We are working with legal experts and community partners to support the people impacted. And we will not stay silent while fear and intimidation tear through our community,” a statement on the GoFundMe page attributed to the Emiliano’s family stated.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents led the raids Thursday on Emiliano’s locations at shopping plazas in Cranberry and Richland. They were joined by FBI agents, U.S. Marshals, IRS agents and others in serving search warrants after receiving a report that Emiliano’s was employing those in the U.S. in violation of immigration law…