SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — Shockwaves are still rippling through the tight-knit San Diego neighborhood of South Park after ICE agents stormed local restaurants on Friday afternoon.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Nexstar's KSWB/KUSI that ICE agents conducted two worksite enforcement operations at Buona Forchetta and Enoteca Buona Forchetta restaurants in South Park on Friday.

Renato Ametrano, the general manager of Buona Forchetta in South Park, told KSWB/KUSI that ICE agents showed up at his restaurant with a warrant around 4 p.m. before the restaurant opened and put all 15 workers in handcuffs before releasing most of them. Ametrano said he was arrested, too.

“It was very, very uncomfortable. They handcuffed everybody. The first ten minutes, they don’t give any expl

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