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Ft. Bragg officials detain 28 at illegal immigration checkpoint

The Associated Press
September 26, 2006 11:14 am

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Federal agents detained 28 construction and landscaping employees Tuesday during a check for false identification at Fort Bragg, the post said.

"They found they had false or fraudulently obtained identification cards," said Tom McCollum, a spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps. "None were U.S. citizens."

The ID check was carried out between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. at the post gate on All American Expressway, a four-lane highway into Fort Bragg.

Fort Bragg guards and officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement checked all vehicles that didn't display a Department of Defense identification decal.

More than 224 people have been detained trying to enter Fort Bragg, a large Army base south of Raleigh, under false pretenses during the past year, McCollum said.

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