Cafe Express

Approximately 100 illegal immigrant employees of Cafe Express have filed a lawsuit and are seeking class action status against the restaurant chain for unjust enrichment and fraud. Cafe Express, a unit of Wendy's International Inc., and its law firm allegedly missed a 2001 deadline to file paperwork that could have allowed the employees to become permanent US residents. Cafe Express agreed to help the workers gain permanent legal status and continued to deduct $25 from the workers' weekly paychecks to cover legal fees from May 2001 through December 2005, even after the key deadline was missed.