PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After Customs and Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were working on the Bear Gulch Fire in Washington, immigration attorneys say they can't find their client.

As KOIN 6 News first reported, two Oregon-based government contractors lost their contracts after an investigation by the Bureau of Land Management. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed that they assisted with the investigation on Thursday, and as a result, two firefighters were detained and charged with illegal entry.

Officials said the suspects were taken to a Customs and Border Patrol facility in Bellingham, Washington, but Innovation Law Lab attorneys have been unable to find one of them.

In a statement shared late Thursday, Innovation Law Lab Attorney Rodrigo Fernandez-Ortega said, "Although w

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