“I don’t know what their (the smugglers)...
“I don’t know what their (the smugglers) plans are now. But our plans are to ensure that all our airports are not free ports for illegal aliens.”
--Thomas Gaines, assistant district director for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service’s regional anti-smuggling branch, after a sweep at Los Angeles International Airport netted 43 illegal aliens.
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