28 undocumented workers detained in ICE raids at Arizona restaurant chain
Jul 15, 2025·Location: Yavapai County, AZ
Country of origin: Mexico

ICE raided four Colt Grill restaurant locations in Yavapai County, Arizona in mid-July 2025, detaining 28 undocumented workers on immigration violations. Restaurant owners Robert and Brenda Clouston and two undocumented employees, Luis Pedro Rogel-Jaimes and Iris Romero-Molina, were accused by federal prosecutors of smuggling undocumented workers from Mexico, paying below minimum wage, withholding overtime compensation, and creating a fake cleaning business to conceal payments. The raids resulted in approximately 200 job losses and closure of two locations; the owners' trial was scheduled for June 2, 2026 in federal court in Phoenix.
Sources
- What happened at Colt Grill? ICE raid in tourism hot spot is 'wake-up call'
- amp.azcentral.com
- eu.visaliatimesdelta.com
- The Arizona Republic
- ICE Prescott, multiagency case results in owners of northern Arizona businesses arrested for illegal employment practices
ice.gov·Jul 17, 2025·archived copy
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