Nearly two dozen suspected illegal immigrants docked their boats at an upscale California marina Thursday morning before disappearing into nearby neighborhoods as authorities scrambled to find a way to “do better.”
a Video posted online Thursday At least 20 migrants are seen abandoning a white boat and jumping into a fenced-in area on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California.
“We are aware of a video that shows a large group of people disembarking boats at our port.” Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill posted on X. “We are in contact with the OC Sheriff’s Department, which patrols the port, to see how we can improve.”
California’s sanctuary state measure prohibits law enforcement from arresting or detaining immigrants who enter the United States illegally.
Maritime smuggling in California increased by 140 percent, from 308 cases in 2020 to 736 cases in 2024. According to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnessaid, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
O’Neill added: “Our country’s border crisis is serious, lawless and dangerous.” “The approach taken by the administrations in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento has made things significantly worse. As the saying goes, every city is now a border city. I have to expect more.”
The situation occurred two weeks after a speedboat carrying dozens of migrants landed in Carlsbad, 60 miles south of Newport Beach.
After narrowly missing the surfer, the group got into a black SUV and sped away.
“It seems like it was a planned transaction,” said resident Susan Hargis. I told KUSI.
“It looked like a military exercise,” said one beachgoer who filmed the migrants.
“Seeing so many alive means that even the police and border guards have never captured me alive like I did,” said the unidentified resident. . KGTV.
In December, 20 immigrants scattered on the shores of Malibu Beach near singer Barbra Streisand’s $100 million mansion.
