Police in Maine said they arrested 17 undocumented immigrants on Tuesday following an investigation involving the U.S. Border Patrol.
that the building they raided was being used as part of an"elaborate human smuggling scheme." They became aware of the operation as a result of a hit-and-run crash in Lisbon on Tuesday.
The undocumented immigrants were working for a Massachusetts-based company that had rented the house to provide them with a residence. No information was released about the company's name or whether they might face any penalties.Sign up for NECN newsletters. “We are seeing a sharp increase in the flow of illegal labor in and out of Maine,” William J. Maddocks, chief patrol agent with the U.S. Border Patrol in Maine, said in a statement. “Housing 17 people in one house is unsafe and degrading. The exploitation of the undocumented population will continue as long as there is no consequence.
Androscoggin County and the Oxford County sheriffs assisted in transporting the 17 people to detention centers in Rangeley for processing. Two of the subjects were found to have re-entered the U.S. after having previously been removed. Four others were found to have entered the U.S. illegally along the southwest border and were released to await immigration proceedings. The other subjects were entered into removal proceedings.
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