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08-31-2007, 02:30 PM
US Coast Guard authorities have announced that anyone who enters the US illegally will be sentenced to 20 years in jail and a maximum fine of US$250,000.The Coast Guard says that since it implemented a bio-metric identification system, 42 small vessels have been intercepted and data on 1,134 people has been recorded. Since the program was introduced, 68 people who tried to enter Puerto Rico illegally have been detained. Of the 68, 46 have been processed while 22 cases are still pending. Captain James E. Tunstall says that human traffickers and anyone who enters PR illegally will face criminal proceedings and jail.
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