This month, U.S. Border Patrol partnered with local law enforcement agencies for an I-20 “highway enforcement operation.”

The enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Magnolia,” took place along I-20 in the Pearl, Mississippi, area “around the clock” from March 17 through 21, according to a news release from United States Border Patrol New Orleans Sector.

New Orleans Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with the Rankin and Hinds County Sheriff’s Offices, as well as the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector to target illegal immigration on I-20.

Officials say that the five day effort resulted in the arrest of 25 illegal aliens from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and that “22 of the 25 were processed for removal from the United States, while three will be prosecuted under the re-entry after deportation federal statute.”

“These operations strengthen and enhance our nation’s border security,” said New Orleans Border Patrol Acting Chief Adam Calderon. “We will continue to focus our enforcement efforts on these dangerous criminal networks and their smuggling operations to prevent human trafficking and other organized crime. These Border Patrol enforcement initiatives make our community safer and deter illegal aliens from attempting to break our nation’s immigration laws.”

The New Orleans Border Patrol Sector has jurisdiction over a seven-state area, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and a portion of the Florida panhandle..

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