Search for suspected illegal migrants who landed in Newport Beach

Authorities are conducting a frantic search for nearly a dozen suspected illegal migrants who abandoned their boat in Newport Beach, California, over the weekend, an incident that has rattled the affluent community. The suspects scattered into the surrounding neighborhood after the 20-foot vessel struck and damaged a nearby yacht. Investigators are seeking additional surveillance footage to use with facial recognition tools, as only one grainy clip of the men fleeing has surfaced. Police are working with federal agents, though finding such suspects is difficult since they may have no U.S. records, leaving them "in the wind." The landing is the latest in a series of migrant boat incidents off Southern California, including a prior landing near Newport Harbor and Coast Guard interceptions of vessels carrying dozens of people. The low-crime, high-income enclave has not been shielded from this trend.