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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Lev Tahor members arrested for immigration issues

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Canada Border Services Agency agents take a member of the ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor into custody in Chatham, Ont., on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Ashton Patis, BlackburnNews.com EDS NOTE: Mantatory credit to: Ashton Patis, BlackburnNews.com with the use of this photo.

CHATHAM, Ont. – The children’s aid society in Chatham, Ont., says the Canada Border Services Agency has arrested seven members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect who are believed to be in violation of immigration law.

Two families in the Lev Tahor community are at the centre of an ongoing child custody case, including one family who fled to Guatemala.

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