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On the heels of Disney announcing it’s doubling the number of ships making stops in San Diego, migrant-rights groups are demanding cruise lines do more to protect their employees. NBC 7’s Allison Ash reports from the Embarcadero with their concerns.
Dharmi Mehta’s five-day cruise aboard the Disney ship Magic was full of fun. The vessel stopped in Catalina Island and Ensenada before returning to San Diego, but as she was disembarking, Mehta said she was disturbed by what she saw — ICE Officers escorting crewmembers off the vessel in restraints.
The first sighting came as Mehta was waiting to clear customs. Later, as she and her family were leaving the parking lot at the B Street Pier near the cruise terminal, she spotted several other crewmembers being loaded into a white van surrounded by federal agents.
Families hoping to make memories on a cruise were unknowingly surrounded by alleged child predators working aboard the ships, according to law enforcement officials.
US Customs and Border Protection boarded five cruise ships, including a Disney cruise docked in San Diego, between April 23 and 25 as part of ongoing child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) enforcement operations, a CBP spokesperson told The California Post.
“After boarding the vessels and interviewing 26 suspected crew members from the Philippines, one suspected crew member from Portugal, and one from Indonesia, officers confirmed all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography,” the CBP spokesperson said.
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In a statement sent to ABC 10News on May 6, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said:
“Between April 23 and April 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection boarded eight cruise ships as part of ongoing Child Sexual Exploitation Material enforcement operations.
After boarding the vessels and interviewing 26 suspected crew members from the Philippines, one suspected crew member from Portugal, and one from Indonesia, officers confirmed that 27 of the 28 subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of CSEM or child pornography.
CBP cancelled their visas and these criminals have been returned to their country of citizenship.”
Additionally, Homeland Security Investigations officials issued their own statement on the matter on May 7:
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