Feds arrest 19 unauthorized immigrants at Gulf Coast shipyard

The Department of Homeland Security went into Bollinger Shipyards’ Lockport, La., facility earlier this week and arrested 19 unauthorized immigrants as part of a federal investigation, according a report by The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/NOLA.com.

Fourteen of those 19 workers were processed and released, while the rest were placed in ICE detention, according to the news outlet. Sources told the Picayune that the investigation is related to immigration violations. It is not known...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/feds-arrest-19-unauthorized-immigrants-at-gulf-coast-shipyard/

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