Coast Guard Rescues 23 Illegal Immigrants From Smuggling Boat Stuck off California Coast

Coast Guard Rescues 23 Illegal Immigrants From Smuggling Boat Stuck off California Coast
In a file photo, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter off the San Diego coast, in San Diego, on May 2, 2021. Denis Poroy/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

A suspected smuggling boat carrying nearly two dozen illegal immigrants that got stuck in kelp off the coast of Southern California was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, and its occupants taken into custody, according to reports.

A Border Patrol spokesman told Fox News that an agent spotted a “panga type vessel” close to rocks off Sunset Cliffs near San Diego early Monday, around three weeks after a smuggling boat hit a reef in the area and broke apart.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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