The U.S. Marshals Service has agents in Summit County assisting U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement with an operation involving multiple federal agencies that began Thursday morning.

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“(U.S. deputy marshals) are assisting immigration enforcement operations teams,” an employee of the Denver office, who declined to disclose their name, told Summit Daily News around 10 a.m.

The Marshals Service employee said ICE is the lead agency in the operation and declined to provide further details since the operation is “ongoing.” ICE is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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