Overview

• Agents reviewed the identities of 44 private-crew members near Lake Cushman and detained two people, including one with a prior removal order.
• CBP said the action followed a Bureau of Land Management investigation that led to terminating contracts for ASI Arden Solutions Inc. and Table Rock Forestry Inc.
• Forty-two workers were removed from federal land as a contract termination, and the two detainees were transferred to a detention facility in Bellingham.
• Crew members reported a three-hour operation with interrogations, bans on recording, and intimidation, while CBP said firefighting operations were not impeded.
• Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and Senator Patty Murray condemned the detentions and called for scrutiny of immigration enforcement at active disaster sites.