immigration wildfire firefighters.

Two firefighters were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a criminal investigation into two contractors who had provided a 44-person crew to help fight a Washington state wildfire. The Bureau of Land Management said Thursday it asked the Border Patrol to help with the Wednesday operation because the group was working in a remote area. The agency says Border Patrol agents checked the crew’s identities and detained two workers who were in the U.S. illegally. The BLM said Thursday it terminated the contracts with the two companies and escorted the other 42 workers off federal land.