A waiter was fired from a Southern California restaurant after asking customers to prove they had legal residency before serving them.

23-year-old Brenda Carrillo said that she and a friend got the question at Saint Marc in Huntington Beach, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. Ms Carrillo said the waiter later asked her sister and another friend to see their proof of residency.

Ms Carrillo said that the women complained to the manager and left. Her sister Diana later posted an account of the incident online.