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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Inspector General
Washington, D.C. 20546

March 4, 2003

RELEASE 2003-021: FOUR ALLEGED ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED 
                   AT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

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.

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