HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The federal immigration raid conducted Wednesday on Kauai targeted employees of Hawaii Care and Cleaning, the same company that agreed to pay $3.8 million in January to settle a wage and hour lawsuit with the federal Labor Department.

Multiple sources confirmed that many of the people arrested during the operation were employed by the Kauai-based cleaning company owned by entrepreneur William “Bill” Allen.

Immigration experts said the timing suggests a connection between the labor settlement and the enforcement action.

Sophisticated operation involved multiple agencies

“Our understanding based on press reports and information that we’ve received from advocates on the ground is that this was a targeted federal enforcement operation that was part of a crimina

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