A Coast Crew on Tuesday found 20 illegal migrants in the waters off the coast of South California.
The crew of the cutter Haddock intercepted a 30-foot Panga-style vessel 21 miles from Point Loma, the coast guard said.
The boat was spotted by an American customs and border protection Air and Marine Operations Patrol aircraft and reported the coast guard. A small boat team on the Haddock rushed to the boat and found the migrants.
A coastguard team found a panga on Tuesday with 20 illegal immigrants from the waters of San Diego. (American Coast Guard)
Video images released by the coast guard show the crew that is on the way to the boat under the cover of darkness.
On board the boat were 17 men and three women who claimed Mexican and Chinese nationalities.
The migrants were handed over to the American border patrol.
While the southern border remains safe after the Trump administrationThe action against illegal immigration, some migrants have tried to track the authorities by entering the United States via the Ocean along the coast of California, some local officials said.
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“In the past month or so we had a large increase in the number of Pangas that came on our beach,” the mayor of San Clemente Steve Knoblock told Fox News Digital earlier. “It happens and nobody seems to notice it. Nobody seems to record it. There is no ban and we have had them with much greater frequency.”
“President Trump has done an excellent job by securing the Mexican border San DiegoBut we get people from 150 countries that come through water, “added Knoblock.” It is as if the Landvasia has stopped, but the sea -ranking begins. “
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San Clemente is located on the border of the Provinces of Orange and San Diego. The city is considering Working with border authorities To install and check cameras to concentrate on the waters of the coast and clave to spot boats with illegal migrants.
