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Source: New York Post · 2026-09-30 · Original article ↗

Illegal migrants busted on California beach by officer after jet skis drop them off

Two jet skis. Two bodies in the surf. One ATV on Imperial Beach sand.

Summary

Commentary

A San Diego night dad still rinses salt off a wrench and knows a Saturday morning beach is supposed to mean a kid with a bucket, not a jet ski dump that treats the surf as a second checkpoint. He did not pay the levy so a smuggler could use horsepower as a visa.

Two skis. Two passengers. One ATV. One pin in the sand. The vinyl chair in that Imperial Beach lot still holds the household that already bought the lock.

Look every working father who still walks that sand after a shift in the eye and answer this: if a lone ATV already had to make the stop, who still owns the next jet ski that treats the Pacific as a side door?

Comments

If a lone ATV already had to make the stop, who still owns the next jet-ski dump?
u/border_dad · 5h

Saturday morning. Imperial Beach. Two skis. Keep those three stamps.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I stood a gate so a beach still meant a picnic. A jet ski drop is not a weather report.

u/rule_first · 4h

Reichart clip. Border Patrol activated. Sources: video real. Print the three.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allied coasts still treat a ski dump as a breach, not a stunt reel.

u/docket_rat · 3h

Two passengers. One pin. CBP silent so far. File the gap.

u/night_shift · 2h

I still smell salt and diesel at 2 a.m. I want the next ski empty of a body.

u/texas_mom · 90m

A dump in the surf is not a vibe. It is a warning the street already paid.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

A jet ski next to an ATV tackle is a second border around every honest pier.

u/press_clip · 30m

The Post printed Imperial Beach, Saturday, and the Reichart clip. Argue those nouns.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Hold the beach. Keep the pin. A ski dump is not a souvenir.

Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.

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