Sectal -Two Agnisamas who were part of the 44-man-person crew fighting the Wildland Blaze on the Olympic peninsula in the state of Washington, were arrested by the American border patrol agents, which he said on Thursday during a multi-layered criminal investigation for two contractors, federal officials said on Thursday.
The arrest inspired Democratic Sen Patty Murray of the state of Washington, so that we could be called the immigration policy “sick”.
The US Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday asked the border petrol to help to investigate the identity of the workers, when the crew was working in a remote area, Border petrol said in a statementAgeni said the border patrol agents found two workers who were illegally in the US and arrested them.
Federal officials did not give information about the investigation of the contractors and did not immediately answer the questions seeking details about the criminal case.
BLM abolished the contracts with table rock forestry ink and ASI Order Solutions Inc. – both from Oregon – and the remaining 42 workers were removed from the federal land, stating in the release. Both arrested were taken to Belingham station on charges of illegal entry and reantry, said the release said.
The email and phone messages left on Thursday for two businesses seeking comments were not returned immediately.
Initial reports stated that firefighters were arrested by federal agents, who expressed displeasure with Murray. Several firefighters, who were watching the incident, were anonymously anonymous to the Seattle Times that two firefighters were taken into custody by federal agents.
Murray replied to the news On Thursday, saying that the Trump administration has “reduced forest service” and their immigration policy “is fundamentally ill.”
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He said in a statement, “Here in Pacific Northwest, wildfire, and can burn the entire cities on the ground.” “This new Republican policy is as immoral as it is dangerous to detain firefighters on the job.”
She said that she is “demanding an immediate answer from this administration about the circumstances of the incident, the current policy of administration about the immigration enforcement during the hideouts and active wildfires taken into custody.”
Denis Lawson, president of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, said that Associated Press Firefighters serve as a team and harm a member for any reason to damage their ability to serve their communities.
Seema patrol stated that, “The termination and enforcement action of the contract did not interfere with fire fighting or any active fire reaction in the area, nor did it pose any threat to the surrounding community.”
The US Border Petrol Blane sector chief patrol agent Rosario Vaskes said in a statement that the effort highlights coordination between federal agencies to ensure the integrity of government operations.
“The US border petrol continuously enforces the United States laws and addresses violations of the immigration law wherever they are encountered,” said Vaske’s.
Crew bears were helping with gulch fire, which has been burnt about 14 square miles north of the Kushman Lake in the Olympic National Forest and National Park. It was 13% vested till Thursday afternoon.
Oregon’s Democratic Sen Ron Widen said in a post on X that one of the arrested firefighters was from his kingdom and condemned the arrest, saying that it makes communities less safe. The man is represented by lawyers with non -profit innovation law laboratory, who said he was illegally detained and he was not able to detect them.
Advocate Rodrigo Fernandez-Aartega said in an email, “We demand that they allow him to reach the lawyer, as it has the right by the US Constitution.” “We have seen the entire cities burning on the ground and it is derogatory that the US border patrol illegally detained brave persons who are protecting us.”
Washington village. Bob Ferguson said that he was “deeply concerned” about the news, saying that firefighting helps protect communities. He said that his team has reached the federal agencies to get more information and “to question why the Cruel immigration policies of the Trump administration now grow to the person fighting forest fire.”
Jennifer Risdal, a spokesman of the American Forest Service incident management team, said while overseeing fire efforts, he said that he knew about the border patrol activities at the fire site, but did not give any information about what happened.
During the first Trump administration, DHS issued a statement during the 2020 wildfire season stating that CBP and immigration and customs enforce could set fire to western states and their top priority was “protection of life and security”.
“Keeping these situations in mind, there will be no immigration enforcement initiative related to wildfire, except for a serious public safety threat situation, keeping these circumstances in mind,” the statement said.
Public Lands Commissioner, the Commissioner of Dave Upsgrove, whose agency oversees the wildland firefighting efforts of Washington, said he knew about the enforcement operations in the bear Gul fire.
“While we do not yet have all the details, all this is happening at a time when the Trump administration is intentionally and unnecessarily fear and mistrust among the members of the public – in which firefighters are placed on their life line to protect our state,” he said.
