OAN Staff Blake Wolf
9:33am – Monday, November 18, 2024
Newport Beach Mayor Matt O'Neill is reversing California Gov. Gavin Newsom's protection policy after 21 illegal immigrants were intercepted after arriving on the town's beaches on Thursday.
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The illegal convoy reportedly included 18 Uzbek, Russian and Mexican nationals.
“Get your act together,” O’Neill insisted. fox 11 Interview. “We can't continue to treat every city in California like a border city. We can't put ourselves in this position. We really have a problem and we need it fixed now. there is.”
The recent convoy of immigrants was reportedly the third large group to gather at the Newport Beach show, prompting O'Neill to publicly criticize California's sanctuary policies.
“There's no way we're going to protect Uzbeks coming through our southern border,” O'Neill continued, criticizing Newsom (D-Calif.) and other state officials.
“When people from all over Uzbekistan come through the southern border, something breaks,” he added. “Now, every city in California is effectively a border city thanks to SB 54. Local authorities are told they are prohibited from working with federal authorities to stop these people. ”
Before the recent migrant convoy, fox 11featured similar footage from May depicting more than 20 migrants washed ashore in Newport Harbor.
“We encounter boats on a regular basis,” said U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Levi Reed. “However, we don’t always have that many people participating.”
The recently arrived migrants were reportedly arrested and taken into U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody.
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