BLM, which oversees 245 million acres of federal land, requested help from the U.S. Border Patrol in verifying the identities of all work crew members, immigration officials said. One of the two who were arrested had a previous order of removal on his record, they said.

Two firefighters battling a wildfire in Washington State were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents, prompting Democratic Sen. Patty to call U.S. immigration policy "sick."

Border Patrol agents conducted an operation at the site of Washington state’s biggest wildfire this week, and a Washington congresswoman’s office confirmed two firefighters were arrested at the site where first responders are working to contain the blaze that’s already torched almost 9,