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Border Patrol picks up 23 Cubans near Hidalgo
Comments 0 | Recommend 0June 26, 2008 4:56 PM
HIDALGO -- U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 23 Cuban immigrants Wednesday who had illegally entered the country near the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.
All the immigrants remained in custody Thursday to be interviewed and check their criminal and immigration history, according to a Border Patrol news release.
The immigrants may be paroled into the United States, based on the Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act.
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