Model shoot on beach catches migrants illegally entering the U.S.



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The model walks across the beach in a fancy gown. It’s a classic shot of the genre, except there in the background something different appears. A small boat motors toward the shore and several men jump out of the vessel and slosh their way to dry land.

The camera woman Ekaterina Juskowski had just captured, by accident, an incident of illegal immigration on Miami Beach. The clip highlighted what authorities see as more brazen attempts by migrants to enter the U.S. through the country’s coastlines.

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U.S. Border Patrol spokesperson Frank Miller told the Miami New Times, "That's a testament to how confident these organizations are — what we call transnational criminal organizations — who smuggle criminals and narcotics right onto the beach."

The Border Patrol reported 2,034 apprehensions of migrants entering the country illegally in the Miami area last year. That number pales in comparison to apprehensions at the southwest border, where 479,371 detentions occurred in 2014, including 256,393 alone in the Rio Grande Valley Area near McAllen, Texas.

Across the board, apprehensions have fallen drastically since 2000 at both coastal and southwest borders. All coastal borders yielded 3,942 apprehensions in 2014, compared to 20,651 at the start of the millennium. Southwest border detentions totaled 1,643,679 in 2000, but haven’t topped 500,000 since 2009.

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Juskowski, who left Russia at age 18 to study in America, told Deirdra Funcheon of the Miami New Times that the video reminded her to stay compassionate and understanding about those “in search of the better life.”

An anonymous official had a different take. He told the newspaper that when no women and children are among the refugees that’s usually a sign these are “bad dudes.”

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