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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined 50 of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd, U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack raising concerns over the recent acquisition of farmland near a U.S. military installation by a Chinese-based manufacturer with close links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The letter comes after a recent land acquisition near Grand Forks, North Dakota, by the Fufeng Group, a Chinese-based manufacturer with close links to the CCP. The area houses the Grand Forks Air Force Base,...

Posted on Fri, Sep. 19, 2003 LAW ENFORCEMENT: Illegal aliens arrested at GFAFBBy Stephen J. LeeHerald Staff Writer Four construction workers were arrested this week at Grand Forks Air Force Base because they were in the United State illegally, said Glen Schroeder, chief patrol agent with the U.S. Border Patrol office in Grand Forks.Two of the workers will appear in U.S. District Court today in Grand Forks to face charges of using fraudulent alien registration cards to live and work in the United States.Two others are being summarily deported.All four are citizens of Mexico.The four were employees of Lockett...