Nantucket Residents Rattled By Arrest Of 5 Illegal Immigrants For Violent Sex Crimes
Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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.
The famed cobblestone streets, restaurants, shops, and art galleries in the town center begin to fill up at 11 a.m., even as the tourist season winds down.
Nantucket Island is still at its finest with turning leaves and colonial charm. It is a place where homes sell for millions and pristine beaches draw thousands each year. It is both a town, a county, and a voting district.
Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner, and Jennifer Lopez own property here. The island peaks at more than 80,000 visitors in July and August, but the number drops to 14,000 permanent residents in the off-season.
Some residents consider Nantucket Island their tiny paradise and the last place you would expect to see the illegal immigration crisis play out.
September was an especially tough month for the community, as federal agents arrested five undocumented male immigrants on charges related to violence and sex crimes.
“I think people are getting really tired of it,” said Toby Brown, chairman of the Nantucket Republican Town Committee of illegal immigration.
“Nantucket is a very liberal island. Many want to say it was only five people—but it’s not. It’s way more than five. If there’s five, you know there’s going to be 10.”
Brown said many Nantucket Island residents were surprised when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrived in early September to make the arrests.
Many people refuse to talk about the arrests or the illegal immigration problem because they are afraid of being called racist, he said.
All five men had entered the country illegally and settled on Nantucket Island under the state’s radar; most had been arrested on sex charges early this year and were out on bail or personal recognizance.
On Sept. 12, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston officers arrested Angel Gabriel Deras-Mejia, 30, a known MS-13 gang member from El Salvador in Nantucket.
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