Illegal immigrants arrested on boat

By Susan Shroder, UNION-TRIBUNE
Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:28 p.m.

Seven illegal immigrants were arrested Sunday after docking a boat at Grape Street Pier in San Diego, federal officials said Monday.

The 22-foot 1975 Chrysler boat had been spotted about 5:30 p.m. traveling north in the ocean toward San Diego Bay by U.S. Customs and Border Protection air and sea units.

After docking, Border Patrol agents checked the immigration status of the people onboard and found the three women and four men were all Mexican nationals who had entered the country illegally.

They were taken to a Border Patrol station for processing. The boat was seized by CBP officials.

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