ARKANSAS: 24 Illegal-Aliens Arrested at Site Near Little Rock Airport (Employed By Supermarine, owned by American Airports Corp. of Santa Monica, Calif., supplies corporate and private aircraft with fuel and other items)

Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- Federal agents have arrested 24 suspected illegal immigrants working on a construction project near the Little Rock National Airport -- but not inside the airport's secured areas.

Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said ICE agents raided a construction project at the site of Supermarine. That company provides fuel and supplies to corporate and private aircraft. Temple Black, a spokesman for ICE at New Orleans, said the raid came as local police served an arrest warrant on a U.S. citizen facing a drunken-driving charge. Black said ICE had gotten a tip about illegal immigrants working at the construction site, and decided to carry out their raid at the same time local police went to make the DWI arrest.

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Posted by tyne at May 1, 2008