Nantucket Residents Rattled by Arrest of 5 Illegal Immigrants for Violent Sex Crimes

A recent sting by ICE stirs calls for keeping better tabs on illegal immigrants who settle on the island.

About 50 Venezuelans who crossed the U.S. border illegally are at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in Massachusetts on Sept. 14, 2022, after being flown there by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette via Reuters

NANTUCKET ISLAND—The 30-mile journey by high-speed ferry from Hynannis to Nantucket Island takes about an hour over idyllic waters off the geographic elbow of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Nantucket Harbor in early October is as pretty as an autumn postcard as the boat pulls into the slip. A line of passengers disembarks, many of them with satchels, duffel bags, and rolling suitcases, to board taxis in the parking lot.