But, hey, they are just trying to obtain a better life! Center Daily Times – Illegal immigration, drug trafficking on rise along I-80
Motorists traveling Interstate 80 would likely be stunned if they knew how much criminal activity was riding along the highway with them.
Illegal immigrants and drug runners with fistfuls of cash and packages of narcotics travel the highway, police say.
And state police troopers based at Rockview are doing something about it.
In 2007, Rockview state police arrested 109 illegal immigrants on I-80 in Centre County, according to state police Trooper David McGarvey, public information officer for Troop G based in Hollidaysburg.
Already this year, state police at Rockview have nabbed 157 illegal immigrants on the highway, he said.
What has led to the increase in arrests? Why, the state of Pennsylvania saying “screw the Feds, we’ll do it ourselves!” and training its troopers.
How many arrests were for pot ?