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Weather brings uptick in immigrant smuggling in Iowa
In fair weather, authorities report rising cross state smuggling with 44 illegal immigrants in three vans stopped by the Iowa State Patrol near Des Moines and Franklin County. Incidents include a 31 immigrant haul en route to Chicago and a van with 13 heading to Minneapolis.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Patrol
Council Bluffs
Estela Biesemeyer
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Colfax
Chicago
Franklin County
Minneapolis
Tom Derachey
Immigration Service District
Deruchey