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Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning with a roundup

of today's top stories. It's Thursday, August 28th.

A story catching national headlines from our state today. Two firefighters have been arrested by

Border Patrol while working one of Washington's largest fires this year. It was part of a work site

raid. Border Patrol alleges the two firefighters were in the U.S.

illegally. Gustavo Segero has more. David Buenos Diaz is a crew boss leading one of a few

freelancer teams combating the Bear Gulch fire. Diaz was there when he saw Border Patrol arresting

the two firefighters. The teams he works with are composed of visa workers from Mexico, U.S. citizens, and members of

the Confederate tribes of the Humatilla Indian Reservation.

Everybody works, you know, no matter what intensity you are, we're all there for the same thing.

We're all there to help the communities out, help the forest,

and, you know, just protect and serve. The morning of the arrests, Diaz says the lead fire management

team sent the men out to cut wood. That's when Border Patrol came to check in on the workers

and arrested the two men. I'm Gustavo Sagero in Seattle. Turning to the latest on Microsoft and the pressure it's facing from workers over the company's

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