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Originally Posted by Kizzy

How did they know they were illegal? if they were paying tax and had all the relevant paperwork to work here then what caused them to check just these individuals at this restaurant?

If being the word.
Not a clue to the likelihood of them paying tax or having papers. More likely casual labour.
Could be someone has been sacked and reported them
Everyone might have been checked not just the ones mentioned, restaurants and takeaways are notorious for illegals working there and are checked all the time.
The manager might have done a deal, get them all to come in for a meeting to make it easy to nab them all and he/she will get let off.