ICE Atlanta worksite enforcement operation results in illegal alien arrests, 2 unaccompanied minors found

MOBILE, Ala. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found two unaccompanied minors and five adult illegal aliens during a worksite enforcement operation at a subdivision in Theodore May 15.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agents found that the minors, both from Guatemala, had entered the United States in 2023 as unaccompanied children. Border Patrol transferred both UACs to the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.

At the worksite enforcement encounter, it was discovered that neither UAC was enrolled in school nor had any relatives in the area. ICE referred the two UACs to the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.

The five adult illegal aliens encountered during the operation were citizens and nationals of Guatemala and Mexico, one of the adults has two previous removals from the United States. All five illegal alien adults are in ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations custody pending immigration proceeds and removals.

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