Loxley, Ala. (WDNews) – Federal agents arrested 11individuals Wednesday, July 23, during an immigration enforcement operation in Baldwin County at the construction site of the new Loxley Elementary School.
According to federal authorities with the Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), agents arrived early Wednesday morning at the school site on County Road 64, detaining nearly a dozen workers.
This marks the second immigration raid along the Gulf Coast in less than a month.
Baldwin County Public Schools Superintendent Eddie Tyler responded in a public statement, saying the district is fully cooperating with investigators.
“We have no reason to believe there was any intentional wrongdoing,” Tyler said.
Officials have not yet released the names or immigration statuses of those arrested.
