US EditionFederal agents conduct worksite operation, dozens detained in unincorporated El Cajon
- Federal agents raided a business in El Cajon on allegations of employing undocumented immigrants.
- Homeland Security Investigations, along with Customs and Border Protection, conducted the operation as part of a criminal worksite enforcement investigation, according to a spokesperson.
- The warrant alleged that San Diego Powder and Protective Coatings violated laws by harboring undocumented workers and misusing visas.
- The investigation began in 2022 while scrutinizing the company in a separate case related to drug trafficking.
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Federal agents raid El Cajon business in immigration investigation
Federal agents raided an El Cajon business that regularly contracts with the U.S. military on Thursday on allegations that the company knowingly employs undocumented immigrants. The raid occurred at multiple buildings operated by BJS & T Enterprises, which does business under the name San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings, on Magnolia Avenue near Airport Drive. The company, which according to its website is family-owned, completes metal coating…
Federal agents conduct operation in El Cajon near Gillespie Field
EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Dozens of federal law enforcement officers, some wearing what appeared to be bulletproof vests, were seen conducting a worksite enforcement investigation in El Cajon Thursday afternoon. The operation took place near the 1700 block of Magnolia Avenue across from Gillespie Field, around 1 p.m. The federal officers, which included special agents with Homeland Security Investigations, were seen in footage captured ov…
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Federal agents conduct worksite operation, dozens detained in unincorporated El Cajon
Dozens of federal authorities swarmed a business in unincorporated El Cajon on Thursday afternoon.Images from Sky 10 showed agents with Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection, along with what appeared to be several other law enforcement agencies, outside San Diego Powder and Protective Coatings. The business is next to Gillespie Field.ABC 10 News reporters outside San Diego Powder and Protective Coatings said they saw se…
Large federal law enforcement presence in El Cajon
Federal law enforcement descended on a business in unincorporated El Cajon on Thursday to execute a search warrant at a business suspected of knowingly employing undocumented immigrants, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dozens of law enforcement officers with bulletproof vests and individuals in handcuffs forming lines were seen in the industrial area near Airport Drive and Magnolia Avenue in El Cajon around 1 p.m. Thursday…
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