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Two firefighters battling a wildfire on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents over their immigration status

Washington Sen. Patty Murray criticized the move, saying to "detain firefighters on the job is as immoral as it is dangerous"

A USBP official said the agency "steadfastly enforces the laws" of the U.S. and "unapologetically addresses violations of immigration law wherever they are encountered”

Two firefighters who were battling a wildfire in a Washington state national park were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

The firefighters were taken into custody following a multiagency criminal investigation by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Border

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