Undocumented immigrants face checks on Amtrak, Greyhound
Undocumented immigrants face checks on Amtrak, Greyhound
Federal agents appear to have stepped up checks for undocumented immigrants on public transportation, including Greyhound buses and Amtrak. The feds say they have the authority to check any public area
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BY SARAH GONZALEZ
SAGONZALEZ@MIAMIHERALD.COM
As a Greyhound bus prepared to leave a small town near Atlanta, 19-year-old Azucena headed to the window seat on the last row , on her way to Miami to start school and a new life.
She propped a pillow against the glass and drifted off to sleep as the bus glided down the highway toward South Florida.
Around 5 a.m., Azucena, who does not want her last name used, woke up when the bus driver pulled up to the Pompano Beach bus station—one stop before her final destination.
Three U.S. Border Patrol agents boarded, announcing they would be checking IDs. She lifted her head to see one agent walking directly toward her.
“It kind of looked like they already knew who they were looking for, because they went straight to the back where I was,â€
