U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended two firefighters for allegedly

U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended two firefighters for allegedly being in the country illegally while they were engaged in efforts to control Washington state's largest wildfire.

The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service had solicited assistance from a local Border Patrol station as they concluded work contracts with two companies on the Olympic Peninsula, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agency did not provide specific details but indicated that the termination of the contracts followed a criminal investigation conducted by the Bureau of Land Management.

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