San Diego lifeguards rescued three Mexican nationals from the ocean Monday night after receiving a report that dozens of residents were trying to swim to the United States.
San Diego officials received a report from officials in Tijuana that said there was “some sort of commotion down by the marine boundary line” near Border Field State Park. When Border Patrol agents investigated the scene, they found three people — a man, a woman, and an unaccompanied child who were all Mexican citizens, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Rick Romero, a San Diego lifeguard lieutenant, said the three rescued Mexican migrants were uninjured. Border Patrol agents took custody of the trio and continued searching for others in the water until after midnight, though no one else was found, the outlet reported.
It was not the first time authorities received word of migrants trying to swim across the border, as an estimated 70 residents tried to swim the Tijuana side of the border barrier on Oct. 29. That night, authorities apprehended 36 Mexican nationals, with one woman, 50-year-old Tijuana resident Teresa Ramirez Magdaleno, dying as dozens of migrants rushed into the border surf around 11:40 p.m., the outlet reported.
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The issue of U.S. border security is a concern for many in America. A recent poll found that more than 80% of voters believe illegal immigration is at least a “somewhat serious” problem, with almost half, 49%, calling it a “serious problem.” When asked if the “current surge in illegal immigrants at the border” is a “crisis that needs to be addressed immediately,” 73% agreed.
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