Feds arrested illegal immigrants at Atlanta airport
By The Associated Press
Posted 3:55AM on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
<p>Federal authorities arrested Wednesday six illegal immigrants who had security badges that gave them access to restricted areas at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, including the tarmac.</p><p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the men, all from Mexico and all employed by T.C. Drywall, Inc., which is based in Alpharetta, Ga., said agency spokesman Marc Raimondi.</p><p>"ICE is aggressively pursing illegal aliens at the places where they work," said Kenneth Smith, special agent-in-charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Atlanta. "Areas of critical infrastructure, such as airports, are especially important to national security."</p>