Utah hotel settles case with immigration officials

By Michelle Price

Published September 10, 2014 8:23pm ET

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Utah hotel settles case with immigration officials — The Grand America Hotel is shown Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in Salt lake City. The upscale hotel chain has agreed to pay about $2 million to settle allegations that 43 Utah employees working in the country illegally had returned to work after they were flagged by an immigration audit and fired, according to federal authorities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) | Rick Bowmer

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An upscale hotel chain has agreed to pay about $2 million to settle allegations that 43 Utah employees working in the country illegally had returned to work after they were flagged by an immigration audit and fired, according to federal authorities.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Utah and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the settlement Wednesday.

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