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Item: Federal Agencies Cooperate on Joint Investigation to Promote Airport Security Date: March 26, 2002 Type: Press Release Summary: In its ongoing effort to promote heightened security at the nation’s ports and borders, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) special agents have apprehended 10 persons employed by businesses serving San Francisco International Airport and issued notices to appear before a judge to another five employees. All of the employees had their badges granting access to the tarmac revoked. At Mineta San Jose International Airport, special agents took four airport employees into custody and processed two others for voluntary return to Mexico. Ten of those apprehended at the two airports were aliens unauthorized to work in the United States. The rest were permanent resident aliens whose felony convictions could result in their deportation. Those taken into custody included workers responsible for a range of services from food delivery to janitors. The arrests were made on March 20 to 22. Files: PDF file TXT file