India, Aug. 7 -- US Border Patrol agents apprehended two Indian nationals from the Houlton Sector Friday, August 1. The two were apprehended after crossing the international border illegally on foot near Bridgewater, Maine.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, "The illegal aliens face prosecution under 8 U.S. Code * 1325 and will also be placed into removal proceedings. These apprehensions are unique in that Border Patrol agents in Maine have only encountered 15 Indian nationals in the previous three fiscal years."

It added that Border Patrol agents are alert while patrolling the border, and are "using all the tools at their disposal to execute the mission of establishing the most secure border in national history." In an at...