Boatload of Migrants Smuggled onto Ocean Beach in San Diego
Recently, spectators at Ocean Beach in San Diego, California, witnessed a boat speeding onto the beach and unloading a group of migrants suspected of being smuggled into the U.S. Incidents like this have become increasingly common on the Southern California coast.
A video posted on social media captured the dramatic scene as a boat landed on Ocean Beach and a group of migrants disembarked and ran towards the neighboring community. As the migrants rushed off the beach, a lifeguard vehicle responded to the scene, but no other law enforcement presence was visible in the video. It remains uncertain if any of the migrants were apprehended later on.
Such events are on the rise as migrant apprehensions in the San Diego Border Patrol Sector have reached record highs along the southwest border with Mexico. Just earlier this month, a boat carrying around 20 migrants landed at a marina in Newport Beach, California. Additionally, a few weeks prior, another boat filled with migrants made landfall on a beach in Carlsbad, California.
Migrant apprehensions in the San Diego Sector have been increasing following heightened enforcement actions in Texas, making it the busiest sector in the nation. In April, Border Patrol agents in the San Diego Sector apprehended over 37,000 migrants, almost 50% more than the previous year.
