FBI Expands Search for Illegal Immigrants

By Jennifer Ludden

Published January 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

FBI officials say they're looking for more than a dozen illegal immigrants who may have entered the United States from Canada. All are believed to be of Middle Eastern origin. Officials worry the men could have terrorist ties, though they offer no evidence. They think the men are involved in a smuggling operation. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

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Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.

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