LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: A veteran U.S. immigration official is in jail in Miami, this morning. He is accused of spying for Cuba, funneling classified information about defectors to Cuban intelligence. CNN Miami bureau chief John Zarrella joins us now live with the details -- John.</s>JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN MIAMI BUREAU CHIEF: Leon, Mariano Faget may have been with the INS, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, here in Miami for about 34 years. He came to the United States in 1960, became a naturalized citizen in 1963, and he was arrested yesterday by Federal Bureau of Investigation officers at his Miami home -- you can see there in the pictures, cordoned off. FBI officials went through, looking at his papers, his documents. They say that Faget had unauthorized contact with Cuban government agents both in Miami and in other places. He also had a security clearance which allowed him access to some sensitive information about Cuban defectors and that, in his supervisory role in Miami, he made decisions on the permit residency status and political asylum of tens of thousands of Cuban Americans who came to the United States over the past 25 to 30 years, he may have had some influence over many of those cases. It is unclear exactly what Faget's role may have been with the -- with talking to Cuban intelligence officers. More should come out at 11:00 a.m., this morning, when there is an -- when there is a hearing at federal court -- that will be at 2:00 -- and at 11:00 a.m. there will be a press conference by the FBI here in Miami. This is John Zarrella, reporting live from Miami.
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