{"id":72842,"date":"2019-03-29T19:05:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=72842"},"modified":"2019-03-29T19:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T19:05:30","slug":"border-patrol-arrests-7-illegal-immigrants-in-usvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=72842","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Arrests 7 Illegal Immigrants In USVI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 7 illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela on Sunday, after making an illegal entry into St. John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday with the assistance of a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Air and Marine aircraft, Ramey Border Patrol agents detected a white vessel approaching from Tortola, BVI into Leinster Bay, which debarked a group on the shoreline.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRamey Border Patrol Sector strategically moves resources and works with law enforcement partners within key locations around Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands,\u201d\u00a0stated Xavier Morales,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/border-security\/along-us-borders\/border-patrol-sectors\/ramey-sector-aguadilla-puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\">Ramey Sector<\/a>\u00a0chief patrol agent in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agents observed the group board a red Suzuki vehicle, which agents later stopped.\u00a0\u00a0All passengers were illegally present in the United States, CBP said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver and the initial passenger were citizens of the Dominican Republic residing in St. John.&nbsp; Five individuals were smuggled into the island; three citizens of the Dominican Republic and two Venezuelans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver and the initial passenger face charges for violation of title 8 USC 1324, for bringing and harboring aliens.&nbsp; The rest of the group faces charges for violation of title 8 USC 1325 for improper entry by an alien.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/cbp-operation-stonegarden-partners-seize-340-pounds-cocaine-one-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operation Stonegarden Grant Program<\/a>&nbsp;(OPSG) law enforcement agencies in the island work with the U.S. Border Patrol in a joint mission to secure the Virgin Islands\u2019 coastal areas.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 7 illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela on Sunday, after making an illegal entry into St. John. On Sunday with the assistance of a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Air and Marine aircraft, Ramey Border Patrol agents detected a white vessel approaching from Tortola, BVI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4400,191,147],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border Patrol Arrests 7 Illegal Immigrants In USVI - V.I. 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