The U.S. Marshals Service has agents in Summit County assisting U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement with an operation involving multiple federal agencies that began on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 25.
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“(U.S. deputy marshals) are assisting immigration enforcement operations teams,” an employee of the Denver office, who declined to disclose their name, told Summit Daily News around 10 a.m.
The U.S. Marshals Service employee said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement is the lead agency in the operation and declined to provide further details since the operation is “ongoing.” U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, commonly called ICE, is the principal investigative arms of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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