Flint restaurant closed after owner taken by ICE, five other employees detained

abc12.com · By Terry Camp · 10/6/2026

Flint restaurant owner detained by ICE, bond hearing Wednesday FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The wife of a man taken into ICE custody about 10 days ago is speaking out about how immigration raids impact more than just those detained.Salman FNU, which stands for First Name Unknown, and his wife Ashley own Kabucki Japanese Restaurant on Corunna Road in Flint, which has been closed ever since ICE agents took him into custody. That has put seven American citizens out of work."We just want him out so he can get back to do what he loves," Ashley Parker said.Parker said her husband loves his family and cooking, especially for customers at their restaurant. He came to the United States on a work visa in 2015 from Indonesia with only that one name, Salman.The couple married two years ago and opened the restaurant. Everything was going well until about a month and a half ago."Two of our chefs were taken at two different times while they were on the way to work," Parker said.On Sept. 21, three more employees were taken. Parker said two of them had work visas, one expiring in 2029 and the other in 2030, but they were still taken.Four of the employees are from Indonesia and one from Mexico. Parker said two have been deported, each receiving $2,800 from the government."We just knew we had to buckle down and get to work, Salman was the only one in the kitchen," Parker said.On Sept. 25, Salman was taken into ICE custody while he was on the way to the restaurant."I rushed up here where they detained him, they had him chained up like a criminal which he is not," Parker said.Parker said she explained to ICE agents that he is the breadwinner in their family, pays her children's tuition, gives back to the community and provides free meals every Tuesday morning. She said Salman had reapplied for his work visa but hadn't heard anything from immigration officials until his detainment.He is now at the ICE detention facility in Baldwin."I have been very sad lately, I have been very overwhelmed with everything going on," Parker said.As she sat in the empty restaurant, Parker received a phone call from Salman. Her spirits were lifted by the support of customers and the community, with a GoFundMe page raising nearly $7,000."I can't believe how everyone comes together and just being so supportive of him, I know he has reached a lot of people and stuff like that through working here, he is just a very friendly guy," Parker said.ICE responding in an email, writing, “On September 25, 2026, ICE arrested Salman, an illegal alien from Indonesia. On September 9, 2015, he legally entered the U.S on a temporary basis, under the Obama administration, and illegally overstayed. All of his claims will be heard by an immigration judge and he will receive due process. This administration will not ignore the rule of law. To be clear: work authorization does not confer legal status in the United States."Salman has a bond hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning.