A popular Italian restaurant in San Diego’s South Park neighborhood reopened Wednesday after temporarily closing its doors following an immigration enforcement operation Friday that sparked spontaneous protest and outrage.

The operation took place at Buona Forchetta Friday afternoon ahead of the dinner rush. Federal agents handcuffed every employee in the restaurant, detaining four undocumented workers: one Columbian and three Mexicans. The Mexican consulate said one person left the country voluntarily while the two others were being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.

Buona Forchetta was open over the weekend but closed Monday and Tuesday, the restaurant posting in a statement on social media, “We wish we could find stronger words, but the truth is we are heartbroken.”

“The traumat

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