USVI: Haitians arrested for illegal entry

Twenty-three illegal Haitian immigrants - 19 men and four women - are in federal custody after police and park rangers arrested them on St. John on Wednesday.

St. John Deputy Police Chief Angelo Hill said that residents began calling police to report illegal immigrants on the island at about 7 a.m. Wednesday. Stephen Clark, chief ranger of the V.I. National Park, said that the boat carrying the immigrants probably landed on the north side of the island, near Leinster Bay.
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After coming ashore, the immigrants spread to different parts of the island. Hill said that they were apprehended in the Annaberg, Coral Bay, Maho Bay and Bordeaux Mountain areas. Unlike past groups of Haitian immigrants that have come to St. John, Hill said these immigrants were relatively easy to detain.
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After being detained by local authorities, the immigrants were transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on St. Thomas.

The Haitians will face federal charges of entry without inspection.