An immigration enforcement operation Saturday surprised employees and customers at a car wash in Long Beach, resulting in seven detainments, according to the general manager of the business.

The immigration raid was carried out in a matter of minutes by federal agents at Bixby Knolls Car Wash on Wardlow Street.

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“I've been working here for 46 years and I've never been through this. We have good, honest people who pay their taxes,” said Ramón Paz, general manager of the car wash.

The manager added that among those detained were one person from Honduras, three from El Salvador, and three from Mexico.

“They took away seven good, honest, noble people. People who deserve to have a job,” Paz said.

At least four of those

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