ICE Cracks Down: Texas Bakery Bust Nets 8 Arrests, Owners Also Charged

Here’s a recent ICE bust that’s making the news rounds.

It occurred in South Texas.

So, ICE came in and captured eight illegal aliens that were working at a bakery.

Also, the owners got slapped with federal felony charges for harboring and aiding illegals.

Apparently, these two admitted they knew their employees were in the U.S. illegally and even let some crash in an apartment next door. We’re talking six beds, cardboard on the windows. Not a pretty picture.

The raid happened earlier this month, but today’s news is all about the charges sticking.

Folks on X are cheering.

And this is a clear warning: Be careful who you hire.

ICE Raids Texas Bakery: 8 Illegal Aliens Arrested, Owners Charged for Harboring and Aiding Illegals

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Local Texas Tribune reports:

BROWNSVILLE — The owners of a South Texas bakery accused of illegally hiring undocumented immigrants were also housing their employees next to the business, a detail that a federal judge ruled was sufficient to charge the couple with harboring the workers.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Betancourt ruled there was probable cause to believe that Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel broke the law by “harboring aliens” following testimony that the couple knew they employed workers who couldn’t legally work in the U.S. and sheltered them in an apartment adjacent to their business.

Agents conducted a “worksite enforcement action” at Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos and apprehended eight immigrant workers on Feb. 12 following a tip the agency received in December, according to Special Agent Dillon Duke with Homeland Security Investigations, who testified during a preliminary hearing Friday morning.

Six of the immigrants were in the country on temporary visas that do not grant them permission to work in the U.S. It is unclear if they were in the U.S. longer than their visas permitted, but immigration officials have since removed them to Mexico.

During the raid of the business — which also includes Dulce’s Cafe — agents also searched an apartment located on the side of the building where several of the employees lived. Duke described the apartment as a rectangular room with six beds along the wall, two bathrooms and no kitchen. The windows were covered with cardboard.

The judge set a $100,000 bond with a $15,000 cash deposit for each.

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— Richard (@Rkenjohn1968) February 22, 2025