Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made at least 56 arrests in Reno, Sparks and Fernley after raids at the restaurants and a franchise corporate headquarters in Reno, agency spokesman Richard Rocha said.

The raids drew immediate criticism from Reno Mayor Bob Cashell and activists, who estimated the number of arrests to be closer to 100.

The mayor joined a news conference area Hispanic leaders and members of the American Civil Liberties Union called in front of the federal courthouse late Thursday.

"We don't approve of the Gestapo methods ICE is using," said Gilbert Cortez, a Latino leader who urged Hispanic workers to stay home from work in protest Friday.

Funny, when you give them a date to appear for a hearing, they disappear and reappear under a new identity. But if they get picked up in a raid Latino leaders get upset and white politicians are afraid to state the truth; these people have broken the law by entering the country, are forging documents, and often commit other crimes, and they certainly aren't going to come in to officials and say, "A propósito, tengo tres sistemas de las licencias de conductor y de los números de Seguridad Social." (By the way, I have three sets of driver's licenses and social security numbers.)