The 27 men and three women were working at Savanna Rags International Ltd, in Forest Road, Mansfield.
Immigration Enforcement officers said 21 of the arrested workers were from Ghana while six Indians, two Nigerians and one person from Niger were also detained.
The immigrants were aged between 23 and 54. Twenty-six had overstayed their visa, three had entered the UK illegally, and one had obtained leave to remain by deception.
Unless the company can prove all right-to-work checks were carried out, it will face fines of £10,000 per worker. This could amount to a total of £300,000 in fines.
Five have been detained pending removal from the UK while the remaining 25 were placed on immigration bail while action is taken to remove them from the country after the raid at around 10am on Wednesday March 19.
“We have dedicated and well resourced teams, and the message to employers who chose to flout the law is clear. We will catch you and you will pay a heavy penalty.
“Illegal working exploits some of society’s most vulnerable people. It also undercuts honest employers, cheats the treasury and takes jobs away from those with a legal right to work.
“I would urge members of the public with specific and detailed information about suspected immigration abuse to get in touch.”
Jonathan Warburton, HMRC Taskforce Leader, added: “Our taskforce is identifying those employers who operate ‘outside the system’ to avoid paying VAT, PAYE and the National Minimum Wage, which is stealing millions of pounds from local people and the UK economy.
“Paying the National Minimum Wage isn’t optional, it is a worker’s legal right. We will help employers to understand their responsibilities, but will also relentlessly pursue those who deliberately break the law.”
Vote BNP to send the buggers back now!
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