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ICE Arrests 10 Crew Members on Disney Magic Cruise Ship in San Diego
Federal immigration officers arrested 10 crew members from the Disney Magic in front of passengers on April 23 at the B Street Cruise Terminal. Four more seafarers were detained the next day on the Holland America MV Zaandam. Passenger Dharmi Mehta filmed the scene and said one of those taken into custody had been her server.
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ICE agents arrested 10 crew members from the Disney Magic cruise ship in front of passengers after the vessel docked in San Diego on April 23. The arrests took place at the B Street Cruise Terminal while the ship was being unloaded. Passenger Dharmi Mehta, who was on a five-day trip aboard the vessel, took a video of the moment and said one of those detained was her server.
Mehta described the scene in detail. The arrested worker was in full uniform consisting of a blazer and tie. Some of the other arrested employees were in chef’s uniforms with name tags on them. Mehta said she witnessed federal agents load the arrested crewmembers into a white van.
Mehta expressed concern for the detained server, noting he did not appear to have his belongings and wondering how he would reach out to his family or whether they even knew he was not returning on the ship that day. Four crew members from another ship were arrested the next day.
Four seafarers were arrested on the Holland America MV Zaandam cruise ship on April 25 at the same B Street Cruise Terminal in San Diego.
A spokesperson for the Port of San Diego said the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department had no involvement in the arrests on April 23 or April 25. The spokesperson added that the Harbor Police did not receive any calls for service related to the incidents on those dates.
In accordance with California law including SB 54, Harbor Police does not participate in immigration enforcement activities, the spokesperson said.
Several immigration rights groups have been up in arms about the Disney arrests. Benjamin Prado from Union del Barrio said, "This is not an isolated incident. " A maritime attorney told ABC 10 that authorities "obviously had a reason to go there" and that it "could have been any number" of things.
