Arrests made for alleged immigration violations as Times Square bombing attempt is investigated

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Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. has told Congress that “several people” have been taken into custody for immigration violations in the Times Square attempted-bombing case. In describing the development at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, the attorney general said the arrests came as investigators looking into the bombing attempt executed search warrants at locations he did not specify other than to say they were in the Northeast.

Holder said the latest action came on Thursday morning and was “the product of evidence gathered in the investigation” of the Times Square case.

A Justice Department spokesman said earlier that two people were in federal custody after search warrants were issued in connection with the Times Square probe.

-- Associated Press