Hundreds of state and federal law officers descended on massage parlors in San Francisco and other California cities last week in a wide-ranging investigation into immigrant smuggling, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.  A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles told the Associated Press more than three-dozen search warrants were issued in southern California alone. In addition to the San Francisco probe, a second investigation netted an unknown number of arrests in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Anaheim and elsewhere. 

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Federal officials last week announced they have arrested 25 illegal aliens in Montgomery County, Maryland, as part of a three-day operation to remove criminal aliens from the United States, according to The Washington Times.  Fourteen of the 25 aliens arrested were fugitives that already had been ordered to be deported by immigration officials.  A spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, said those 14 will be deported.  ICE officials said they determine who will be released on a case-by-case basis.