10 suspected illegal immigrants held
10 suspected illegal immigrants held after Turnpike stop
Monday, December 27, 2010
By Emily Gibb, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
State police stopped a van around 9:30 this morning for having a broken windshield on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and have since turned over all of the 10 men inside to immigration authorities for not having documents proving they can legally work in the United States.
After troopers stopped them at the New Stanton interchange, three of the men fled. Troopers quickly found the first two and found the third about an hour later, Sgt. Anthony Deluca said.
Nine of the men are from El Salvador and one is from Honduras. Police believe they were on their way from Maryland to Jeannette to work on a federally funded project, Mr. Deluca said. :twisted:
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