A.M. Briefing: Two illegal immigrants detained, 13 suspected illegal immigrants detained (Centre Daily Times)

Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008
A.M.BRIEFING
Two illegal immigrants detained, 13 suspected illegal immigrants detained [3rd & 4th items]

Two illegal immigrants detained

Two citizens of El Salvador were detained Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop on I-80, state police at Rockview said.

Police said the two, identified as a 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, were placed in the custody of federal immigration officers pending deportation proceedings.

13 suspected illegal immigrants detained

Thirteen people suspected of being illegal immigrants were detained during a traffic stop on Interstate 80, at mile marker 144 in Snow Shoe Township at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday, state police reported.

The six females and seven males in the vehicle were turned over to officials from Immigration Customs Enforcement for processing, according to state police.