Thread: Two immigration agents to be stationed in northern Arizona

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Two immigration agents to be stationed in northern Arizona
Jan 30, 2007
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Two immigration agents will begin working Monday in northern Arizona for a 90-day trial period as part of a federal effort to determine if agents should be posted there permanently, officials said Tuesday.


The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who will work out of Flagstaff, will assist local police agencies investigating immigration-related crimes in Coconino, Yavapai and Mohave counties.

The agency, responsible for immigration enforcement away from the borderlands, focuses on southern Arizona and metropolitan Phoenix and has never had agents stationed in northern Arizona. Its response to immigration incidents in rural areas has been criticized in the past by state officials.

The move wasn't based on complaints from local officials, but instead was meant to examine whether the agency needed to expand its enforcement into northern Arizona, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"The smuggling routes don't just stop in Phoenix and end there," said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "People move from there to other parts of the country."

The northern Arizona agents will assist in the investigations of immigrant smuggling, gang activities and other crimes.

The number of agents who may be permanently assigned to the region if the agency decides they're needed isn't yet known, Mack said.

I have never heard of a problem with illegals in Flagstaff. Does anyone know if there is one. If not why are we wasting agents there when we have so many problems other places.

no one has ever been there to know for sure if there is a problem
that is why the 90 day staging. if they are in colorado, wymoing and montana, im sure they are in northern arizona somewhere also

Wow...two agents...