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An illegal immigrant who made less than minimum wage at a Mexican restaurant won thousands of dollars from her employer but is now facing deportation after she was reported to federal immigration authorities. Sonia Cano and 13 other workers won $22,000 from Si Senor Taqueria after filing a complaint in June with the city Office of Labor Standards Enforcement. But Cano said she was fired a short time later, and she and her husband, Carlos Barrancos, also an illegal immigrant from Mexico, were anonymously reported to immigration authorities. Cano was eight months pregnant when her husband was arrested in December...

Sonia Cano was happy to win thousands of dollars from the San Francisco taqueria that for two years had paid her less than the city minimum wage. But she may have lost far more when someone anonymously reported her and her husband to immigration authorities. Cano and her husband, Carlos Barrancos, illegal immigrants from Mexico, were reported to federal authorities in November. Cano was eight months pregnant at the time and gave birth to their baby in San Francisco alone -- while Barrancos was in an Arizona immigration jail. As policymakers debate how to handle the estimated 12 million...