Police arrested 48 illegal immigrants over the course of a week in the Southeast as part of a larger operation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection partnered with the Homeland Security Investigations and local law enforcement for “Operation Magnolia,” a highway interdiction operation which resulted in the apprehension of migrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Colombia, and Guatemala in the last week of April. Three U.S. citizens were also arrested.

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