An Ottawa restaurant manager was sentenced Tuesday for harboring undocumented workers, the Office of United States Attorney Barry Grissom in the District of Kansas said in a news release.

Alex Sanchez Jr., 36, manager of El Mezcal Mexican Restaurant in Ottawa, pleaded guilty to a single count of harboring undocumented workers for commercial advantage, the release said. In his plea, Sanchez admitted he was fined $22,589 in 2011 when Immigrations and Customs Enforcement discovered he was violating employee eligibility verification forms.

The Ottawa restaurant closed in June of 2013. The Lawrence El Mezcal on Wakarusa Drive was listed at the time as being under the same leadership as the location in Ottawa. That Lawrence location has closed.

Sanchez continued to employ workers who were in the country legally, the release said. He also provided housing for the undocumented workers and paid them in cash.

Sanchez was sentenced to six months in prison followed by six months of home confinement, the release said. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $4,000 and will be on supervised release for three years following his sentence.