On February 18, 2003, Special Agents from the NASA Office of the
Inspector General, working with agents from the U.S. Border Patrol,
arrested four alleged illegal immigrants working as contractor
employees inside a restricted area at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station.
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service will hold the alleged
illegal aliens pending positive identification and subsequent
deportation proceedings. Assistant U.S. Attorney Roberta Tylke is
handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of
Florida.
For more information on this release, please contact Joe Kroener,
Acting Executive Officer, NASA Office of Inspector General at (202)
358-2558.
Previous Releases: None.
