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Several suspected illegal immigrants were arrested early Monday after a panga landed ashore in San Diego, Calif.
Federal officials arrested a dozen Mexican nationals early Monday after a small fishing boat landed ashore on a popular stretch of beach in San Diego, Calif.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio told msnbc.com that 12 men, all suspected of attempting to gain illegal entry into the U.S., were arrested after the boat, called a panga, was spotted about 1:30 a.m. in Ocean Beach.
Witnesses told U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego that several people scrambled out of the boat, with most heading toward the shopping area of the Ocean Beach neighborhood.
"It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen,” Taylor McDonald told NBCSanDiego.com. “There was like a bunch of them... [They] walked straight up toward the bars and stuff like nothing was wrong."
The number of maritime smuggling incidents along California's coast has increased over the years, DeSio said, adding that smugglers have turned to the Pacific Ocean to evade beefed up security along the U.S.-Mexican border.
It took authorities about 30 minutes to round up suspects, relying on a team of San Diego lifeguards, police officers and border patrol agents. A police helicopter searched from above to gather others who mighthave cut loose from the boat, according to NBCSanDiego.com.
"The police officers told them to stop but none of them really stopped, they kind of just got tackled,” witness Tyler Russo told NBCSanDiego.com.
At one point officers had several suspects on their stomachs in the sand. Some were photographed wearing baseball caps, sweatshirts and jackets.
Read NBCSanDiego.com’s story of the arrests
Authorities towed the boat and the case is still under investigation, DeSio said.
While authorities didn’t find drugs from this panga incident, smugglers often use the open fishing boats to bring people and narcotics into the U.S. from Mexico, DeSio said.
In the five coastal counties between San Diego and Santa Barbara, U.S. immigration officials recorded over 180 such cases in 2011, compared with 121 in 2010, a more than 50 percent jump, according to an analysis of data provided to NBCLosAngeles.com.
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I got one word for all twelve!!!
BYE
The Navy & Coast Guard needs some target practice.
Sounds like a diversion to me. Somebody's "panga" full of cola landed in La Jolla, I'm sure.
whoopeee!...way to go, INS!
12 illegal aliens busted
from estimates I've seen - that leaves only about 19,999,988 currently in the United States to go
...we are making progress
too bad they didnt take the truck in, they couldv gotten free tuiton.
Gee isn't that racist profiling?
NO! Its the truth!
Fine the employers that hire them. Hey ICE! Go to our Home and Garden Stores and pick them up.
ROFLMAO, this is nothing new!!!!!!!!!!!!
What makes it new is that INS actually did their job for once!!!
Its about time California did something about the illegals!
Look at all the help Mexico gives the United States in catching these criminals.
NADA!
Like what bullfighter! The biggest income on Mexicos GDP is income from illegals in America sending cash home to relatives.It exceeds tourism,oil and agriculture!Why should they help! Say hi to all your friends a LaRaza!
Just because you can think it, mas, doesn't mean it's real. There are no estimates of the amount of cash sent back to Mexico by illegals. There is certainly no official tally when calculating Mexican GDP. But even if there was some way of knowing, I seriously doubt it is a figure competitive with illegal drug-related income, which also isn't used in calculating GDP. So it seems your statement is wrong on many levels.
Buzzkill, huh?
Aquatone, you make a couple of decent points. Certainly there is no way to know the dollar amount of cash sent to Mexico, however last year there was 22 billion that went through banks via wire transfer, etc. What about the issues in Southern Arizona where the Mexican government contacted the Arizona officials and begged them to stop behaviors that resulted in illegal Mexicans returnint home. The Mexican government admitted that they did not have the infrastructure to handle their own people.
Stop being a blind idiot. The more of these people we have here, the worse it is for our economy. Round them all up and ship them back to Mexico. Remember their plight, all the hard work they put in to get here. We can give them water, food and air conditioned transportation back to their mother land without creating any hardship for them. Get off the bus, get legal and come here the right way. Stop sucking us dry.
Maybe aquatone would like to fully support a few of the illegals in his backyard!!
Facts are facts. You can't just make them up out of thin air when it's time to try to justify your ridiculous political beliefs.
I've been saying for a long time that just as many illegals enter the US by water (boat) as by land borders (Mexico and Canada...where we have many more unprotected miles of border than we do with Mexico.) They are picking up Chinese nationals in the USVI and Puerto Rico all of the time. I can only imagine how many try to enter the US through our Pacific territories
Yeah, Anti-trust proponent.
We have the same problem here in Canada with people trying to enter our country illegally . I wonder where they are coming from. Take a wild guess, weird eh?
It's that free healthcare that we are looking for. It's free right, the money comes out of thin air and no-one has to pay anything right?
I love visiting your country, it's beautiful and the people are very nice and hospitible. Keep up the good work.
Why thank you sickofitinca-2187005!
Yes! Free everything here in Canada, not to mention, our dollar is at par with the US currency. Nothing like being diagnosed with Cancer, having surgery and a tumor removed, and all within one month. I had three specialist and months of follow up care and yes all for free and no more cancer! It's no wonder so many Americans are trying to move here along with every other country/nationality in the world.
It's what I like to call God's country!!
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !!!
heehaw ... must be a different canada than my experience (dual citizen). Gas with $2.00 plus tax, food 100% higher and smaller portionsactually every consumer product 50% inflated (all tax). Job market really not that good, high crime (when compared to Los Angeles), open and high prostitution and drug rate (crack and heroin). Mandated insurance for car is a revenue scam with little to do with insurance, every government agency is a revenue scam that has little to do with its stated purpose. More police per citizen than I have ever seen, even Europe another nanny state.I have been diagnosed with a cronic condition that will eventually lead to cancer, perfectly curable with medication, and unless I have a fist full of money guess what ..... insurance wont help me! Of course if I was homeless drug addict or in prison different story. Heck the government would even pay if I was to desire the cosmedic transgender crap, but try getting medical treatment that can save your life. At some point I will either go to a V.A. facility and get treatment at no cost (service connected ilness) or a county hospital and treated for free, or maybe finally find a job with benefits again and get treated at minmal charge(the last will require reversal of clintons "new economy")Tip: always carry a bag of coins in case of a medical emergency to pay for parking at the local hospital facility, or to donate to local hospital for beds etc at christmas. Yeah must be a different Canada. By the way, having seen in the past I noticed an illegal alien Mexican (used in the generic sense of central and southern american illegal alien) drop house the other day. Very blatant and obvious, just wait until you have to deal with that particular group in massive numbers! there is already a hugh problem from asians and related crime from uncontroled borders. There are many many similarities between U.S. and Canada ... basically the same people with pretty much the same culture and life standards (thats changing at incredible rate in the last 20 years with Canadas insane legal and illegal alien policies) but neither is as good or as bad as the average person of either country would like to believe.
Dennis Dual Citizen? They certainly don't give out those anymore.
Not sure when you were here last but my best advice would be, don't return. It seems as you are very bitter toward both Canada and the US. My second best advice would be try relocating to a small Island where you are the only citizen.
No offense but I just can't understand the challenge here, and your post seems to be more of a wild rant and towards someone who is just proud to be Canadian.
Peace!
Dennis appears to be rather credible, heehaw. I've noticed on this site that when faced with logic most libs respond with accusations and vitriol ("you are bitter, go live on an island, wild rant . . .) Rarely point for point.
I can always tell when I make a solid, factual point - I get called names.
So much for that waste of money fence which is easily climbed over, dug under or cut through. LOL What are the ultra-right going to do now? I bet they start calling for fences to be built along every stretch of shore. LOL
Sandy,
What's your solution?
Even bigger fences that can also be climbed, cut through, dug under, or avoided by water!
Big fines to employers for every illegal in the business. Our military brought home to patrol our borders, and lend manpower to ICE for raids on business' and quick deportation , and new bases build in problem areas...after some of our foreign bases have been closed.
Sandy is your typical liberal - no ideas - no solutions unless it involves someone else money but they do criticize anyone and everything they consider to the right Mao tse tung, Stalin, Lenin, Nancy pelosi, and the moron obama
Yep Pam, let's just turn the United States into a Police State. That's the solution you are proposing. It would be the Republican version of Communist China.
Ternan, conservatives have no ideas and never have had any that work. Every republican idea has FAILED but they never want to acknowledge their FAILURES.
The only thing conservatives are successful at is destroying the US economy and having corporate social welfare while giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy while raping the middle class and poor. The sad part is how the ignorant and gullible think the republicans actually know what they are doing and that it is good for America. The republican agenda is about as Un-American as you can get and will end up destroying this country if they get into power again. They almost destroyed us under Bush and they want a second chance at finishing the job. Just look at how the Tea Party and Republicans have SABOTAGED everything that could have helped the American people.
No Sandy, it wouldn't be a Republican version of Communist China. It would be called protecting our sovereign territory. Perhaps it doesn't bother you but I wish we could keep anyone who is coming into the country ILLEGALLY out. As for un-American, we aren't talking about United States citizens here. We cannot continue to support everyone who sneaks across the river, or sails up in a boat, without proper documentation.
I'm not a democrat or a republican, not a conservative or a liberal. I'm an American and I'm tired of our borders looking like the sieve I drained tonight's spaghetti in.
Sandy in Missouri: you are both terribly miss-informed and sadly very naive about our illegal immigration issues...I live in the border state of Arizona...if you really want to learn about how illegal immigration and the violence at the borders are effecting law abiding US citizens, then either get yourself educated on the subject or spend some time in a border state. Also, have you ever given any thought to the fact that illegals use our social security numbers, thus creating a mess for the rightful owner of that number?
Also, I would consider myself a member of the middle class and I am a conservative. How terribly biased you are! I challenge you to do some critical thinking and actually find out what consevative ideals and principals really mean instead of spouting useless and meaningless dogma.
Take your partisan rhetoric and shove it...
What we have here is illegal alien people entering America. Mexican Nationals entering America "illegally" in a passive/aggressive nature. End of Story.
Anyone who debates that is not an American period....
Illegally entering the USA. That is the story and nothing else.
I call bull@!$%# on anyone who tries to defend this is OK.... in any way.
Oh Sandy,your paid operative status is so obvious! Please take your "illegal alien and republican problems" talking points and put them where the sun doesn't shine!
I think I'll start handing out fyers to all the illegals sitting on the corners in LA telling them they can get larger and just as easy entitlement checks in Missouri so you can adopt the next 5 million or so!See how the quality of your life diminishes and how much you like it! Gangs,graffitti,trash,signs in spanish when the polulance is mostly englich speaking folks,dirt,overrun schools and emergency rooms.You deal with them with your bleeding heart for a decade or two and then come back and tell me I some hardass rightwing nut!
The solution for not hiring the illegals is to fine the tar out of employers for finding illegals working for them. First time fine - $10,000 per employee. Second time is 40,000 per employee. Third time, 50,000 per employee and 6 months in jail. It you do it again, 1 year in prison for the owners and all corporate executives.
I believe that should take care of 99% of the problem.
Sandy, I recently took my young son to Chicago for eye surgery, he had to go for pre and post surgery check ups. In the doctors office were me and my son and 20 non-english speaking hispanics. The part that frosted my ASS was we used my wifes insurance that she has been working for the same company for over 20 years to get! A very good insurance company. At check out we were asked to pay a co-pay, a reasonable fee of $25. The ILLEGALS had no co-pay, all thier services were (FREE) by using some kind of state credit card. How in the HELL is that fair? Just one of many injustices by ILLEGALS.
What's so newsworthy about this?
They got caught.
It helps PMSNBC help keep the eyes off the real problem,NO JOBS and failure of the Berrie admnisitration to solve that issue!
Time to place mines on our coasts and beaches, place beachheads, barbwire, hire more coast guard, along with more fences. Then we will stop those darn American and British from retaking France via the English channel!
Oh... wrong article and time period.
Besides, some of those areas are nude beaches. We GOTTA keep those open.
keep up the good work fellas!
Don't they know the easiest way of entering the US is through the Arizona desert during August around noon???
There are millions like these guys in the US already. Wow, we caught 12, whopee....
You should be their guide. They obviously have a bad guide if they are trying to enter through our unprotected beaches and get caught.
Try 20-30 millionof those guys in America! And who do you think is going to pay fro those guys healthcare?
mas098
hey, legal latin residents don't count!! The amount of illegals is estimated at about 10 million.
and where do you get your info from? You're 0-2 on that comment alone.
A dozen Mexicans tried to enter the US illegally. Now that's NEWS!
You go, MSNBC.
This is a perfect racist bigot story, oh where ,oh where, are you? Oh i forgot there not black!
Paid operative! go to another thread! You have been caught!
BURY BERRIE-2012!
Mexico shoots people crossing their southern boarder illegally.
The news here is the government actually caught them and may send them back to Mexico! Imagine that? Sending people who illegally enter the US back to their own country?
They will be back at the border before I get off this site!
As for the fence u can cut, climb over or dig under. I have only one thing to say ELECTRIFY IT!!!!!!
As for the water, shoot on site. Would put a quick end to all of this----ya think?
So when the first US citizen gets electrocuted or get's shot, you will pay the bill? It's not like you can't get past an electric fence, or avoid the people with guns on the beaches.
Amen spliter01
Shoot on site. Ask questions later.
The first thing is to go after the companies and people who hire these people. Most of the Mexicans coming in now are from Southern Mexico. I have no idea how they can afford the cost of the coyotes. Coyotes now want $5,000.00 up front. Maybe the boat owners are charging much less. Something to find out. All that is needed is to increase the Coast Guard patrols. Nothing drastic since we are talking about maybe 10 - 15 boats per month or less. There are many fewer people coming by land and there are good reasons. One. Coyotes want $5,000.00 up front per person. Two. The cartels control the border and will kidnap the illegals for ransom. Three. More patrols on the U.S. side. Four. Job situation in the U.S. is lousy. The Mexicans in the North know the situation and don't head to cross the border without papers. The poor Mexicans in the South are very ignorant of the situation and get desperate when they find out what the coyotes want and the dangers. That is why they risk the boat trips. My concern is to know how the relationship is between the Coast Guard and the ICE. Lots of infighting over jurisdiction. More jurisdiction means more people and more money. Until the U.S. really goes after the companies hiring illegals, they will come from somewhere for the jobs. The Democrats in the Senate will do little because it gains them nothing politically. The Republicans would sooner blame the Mexicans than go after their buddies that own companies that hire the Mexicans.
The one thing Mexicans everywhere know is that once they get inot Mexifornia they are entitled to all the entitlement programs they can have applications filled out for!And you don't havbe to speak or read or speak or read english to get benefits!Hell they can have a very nice life with the welfare,rent,utility subsidies,free schools,free medical,medecaide and any other programs available to the poor downtrodden Mexicans!Poor things,it makes me want to learn spanish,go across the border and sneak back in!
To mas098,I couldn't have said it better.
Living in AZ, this is nothing new, there is a Home Depot in Chandler, AZ. Driving by it everyday I can't help but notice that there are at least 50 to 100 mexicans workers in the parking lot around 6am, all or most looking for work. Would almost bet that at least 80 to 90% of them are illegal. I watch as a pick-up truck would pull into the parking lot and a swarm of them would attack the person driving asking if they need some work done. I see about 4 or 5 jump in the back and the driver would drive off. I was wondering where ICE was at, than I was thinking that some private contractors should also be to blame they should be held accountable.
Blame my landlord. He uses them all the time to do work in our apts. You can't even tell them what to fix because they don't speak English. You have to point and say "fix". Ridiculous.
those 12 got caught and to only get sent back....they will be back for the next soccer game and in time for nov election. please mr.romney ...help us.
They are already back on the border trying to sneak in!They will be in Los Angeles for Saturdays Dodger game!
This goes on every day. Has anyone asked why so many people risk their lives and health to escape their homeland and once they get here they want the US to become like the country they escaped from?
There have been hundreds of nationalities and people of varying tongues who migrate legally or illegally, including other spanish speaking countries such as Spain, Chile, Argentina, etc., who arrive and willing to adapt to American culture but not the Mexicans. Why?
We share a border in the North that is twice as long as the one on the South but it doesn't cause one tenth of the problems.
Why?
Because they don't want to! They ship 50% of what the government gives them home! They don't try to assimilate,the hunker down in close knit communities where only spanish is spoken and their children never learn english,they don't like America but know states like Mexifornia will appease them with all sorts of handouts. Don't believe they don't vote because they do! Worthless bunch of criminals!
As long as we provide an attractive alternative to the hellhole that Mexico has become -- illegal aliens will risk almost anything to come. Solution is not in Mexico or Latin America -- solution is here. Hire an illegal, house an illegal -- you are going to pay, seriously pay. Create a legitimate and enforced work visa program that allows folks to come here for several years -- then they go home for a few. One time (dare I say it?) amnesty for families that have been here for X years, with no significant illegal record (other than being an illegal alien of course) and have made a legitimate homestead here. Also -- ahve to repeal the born ion America -- You are an American Amendment. Interestingly, the drafter of the amendment was actually asked -- is it you intention that this be away for illegal aliens to gain citizenship -- his answer was 'No'.
That's not the problem,the problem are the states like Mexifornia that allow illegals to collect entitlements! That's the issue.A couple of two can draw $5000 per year in Mexifornia in welfare and ancillary benefits.Add a few ninos to the mix and their inocme could go to $65000 per year.Most work off the books going menial labor jobs and never pay taxes on that income or any income they receive!
To Mas098.... I broke my back in '06 and had to break down and apply for food stamps for awhile..That being said, I had to show proof(passport) that I was a citizen to recieve them. Just Sayin'
@SDBruce - you have to go through showing proof of who you are because you are not hispanic. When I was unemployed and needed assistance. I had to bring my son in to show them that he was real even though I had supplied everything except his blood type. Hispanics just have to say that they don't have any id or ssn. They do not have to offer up any proof of who they really are. It's a shame.
Be real careful who you let into your house as sometimes they don't have the required insurance and they become real liabilities. If you decide to hire illegals...guess who's fault this is?
This is another indicator of a dying empire just like Rome, but instead of hoards coming down from the North they are coming from the South
Put a $50 tax on all funds sent from the US to Mexico.Stop giving Mexicans entitlements and then things might change! Our beloved police chief, wants to stop impounding cars of illegals who are caught driving without a licence ,registration and insurance.That will help! I had a friend not long ago was sideswipped by an illegal who gave him false papers .When he got home and called his insurence company he found out the person was a fraud,no license,no insurance,no registration! The owner,my friend,had to pay for eveything! And the police chief still insist this is a good policy!Stop the anchor baby program where ,as soon as they arrive,they have 2-3 ninos as a way to stay here! They overcrowd our schools and emergency rooms to the point,regular citizens can't use them.60% don't graduate from high school and have to go to FREE adult school 2-3 years after they leave high school! Make them pay for thir schooling.Stop the welfare checks to illegals.Arrest more when stopped for driving mistomeanors! These things should put a small patch on the problem for a time!