Thirteen illegal aliens were arrested by federal agents Tuesday morning when they reported to work at a Bel Air condominium construction site, immigration officials said.
A 14th man, a Salvadoran, was released when authorities from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) learned he was eligible to live in the United States.
The men are framing carpenters for Stedman Construction, a Houston-based subcontractor building condos at English Country Manor.
The workers -- five Mexicans, four Salvadorans, three Guatemalans and a Peruvian -- are all between 18 and 30 years old, said Thomas E. Perryman, head of the Maryland District Sanctions and Fraud Squad of the INS. All of the men have been released on cash bonds of $500, said Mr. Perryman.