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700 Immigrants in Pre-Election Round-Up

HeadlineNov 05, 2004

The Justice Department has announced that more than 700 people were arrested on immigration violations in recent months as part of a pre-election crackdown. The Justice Department has defended the crackdown claiming it was needed to avert a terrorist attack from disrupting the election. None of the 700 arrested were tied to any terror plot.

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