Over 20 suspected illegal immigrants were caught on video on Thursday landing at a Southern California marina in a wealthy neighborhood, jettisoning their boat, and disappearing into the area.
The video prompted a response from local officials who said they were struggling to respond because of California’s friendly policies toward illegal immigrants. The landing comes as maritime smuggling has dramatically increased along California’s coast in the last four years.
WATCH: Approximately two dozen migrants were caught on film unloading off a boat in NEWPORT BEACH Thursday morning on the tip of the Balboa Peninsula and fleeing into the neighborhood.
Until we fix our broken immigration laws, every town in Orange County is a border town. pic.twitter.com/0ITXveFNSk
— OCLiberator (@OCLiberator) May 2, 2024
“I’m aware of a video showing a mass of people offloading from a boat in our Harbor,” Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill wrote on X. “I’ve been in touch with the O.C. Sheriff’s Department who patrols our Harbor to find out how we can do better. That said, I wholeheartedly agree with O.C. Sheriff Don Barnes’s tweet from two days ago about how our law enforcement’s hands get tied behind their backs by Sacramento’s ‘sanctuary state’ policies. Our nation’s border crisis is serious, lawless, and dangerous. The approaches taken by the administrations in D.C. and Sacramento have made it significantly worse. As it has been said, every city is now a border city. We must expect better from people in charge of enforcing our laws.”
Barnes had written, “Maritime smuggling is up, and although our Harbor Patrol works to interdict vessels trafficking drugs and people, state restrictions on communications with federal partners hinder our efforts. The state should repeal laws that restrict communication with our federal partners.”
I’m aware of a video showing a mass of people offloading from a boat in our Harbor.
I’ve been in touch with the O.C. Sheriff’s Department who patrols our Harbor to find out how we can do better. That said…
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— Will O’Neill (@RealWillONeill) May 2, 2024
Our nation’s border crisis is serious, lawless, and dangerous. The approaches taken by the administrations in D.C. and Sacramento have made it significantly worse.
As it has been said, every city is now a border city.
We must expect better from people in charge of enforcing our…
— Will O’Neill (@RealWillONeill) May 2, 2024
In 2017, California passed Senate Bill 54, which stated that California law enforcement agencies “shall not use agency or department moneys or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes, including any of the following: Inquiring into an individual’s immigration status; detaining an individual on the basis of a hold request; transfer an individual to immigration authorities unless authorized by a judicial warrant or judicial probable cause determination.”
In mid-April, video captured a group of suspected illegal immigrants jumping out of a speedboat that had raced onto the shore in Carlsbad, California. They then reportedly ran into the city.
This reportedly happened yesterday in Carlsbad, California. A group of mostly military age males invaded our country illegally via boat and then dispersed throughout the city in cars.
Are any of them on the terror watch list? Do any of them have a criminal history?
We don’t… pic.twitter.com/MQHqpF27Gu
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 14, 2024
