Ken Fuller, the agent in charge of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Mobile, said today that 202 illegal immigrants were arrested in Mobile County during the two-week Operation Uniforce III campaign that ended Friday.
The operation was a full-blown success, Fuller said. Fuller said the number of people arrested isn't as important as the information they gathered from the immigrants.
That information, which included when, how and where they crossed from Mexico into Texas, will help Border Patrol agents seal up the border and stop others from entering Texas.
Fuller said Uniforce III and previous Uniforce operations have been successful in producing numerous arrests, not just of people suspected of being illegal aliens, but of wanted fugitives and alien smugglers. Large amounts of narcotics also have been seized, he said.
The Border Patrol, in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, will continue these operations in the future.
http://blog.al.com/live/2007/09/202_suspected_illegals_arreste.html
2007-09-18
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