Restaurant Owner Faces Deportation for Employing Illegal Immigrants

The owner of a successful Indian restaurant in Jacksonville, Fla. faces deportation after authorities discovered he employed several illegal immigrants and rented living quarters for them.

Sanjit Kumar Rajak, was sentenced to three months in prison.  Rajak began his sentence in January and is set to be released from jail within a week.

The deportation proceedings will begin shortly after his release, according to Rajak's attorney, Shawn Arnold.  If Rajak is deported, he will be prohibited from returning to the United States for five to 10 years.

Although Rajak had a clean criminal record before his arrest, investigators learned that he entered the U.S. illegally in 2002 by using false documents that said he was a religious worker. 

During his sentencing, Rajak described growing up in poverty and struggling to get jobs as a cook.

For more information about deportation, please contact an immigration lawyer near you.