<p>A Dominican national pleaded guilty to operating an illegal migrant smuggling operation that resulted in the death of 11 people, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported.</p>
<p>Fermin Montilla, a 45-year old Dominican national, pleaded guilty after being charged with “bringing aliens to the United States at a place other than a designated point of entry resulting in death,” a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dominican-national-pleads-guilty-role-human-smuggling-venture-resulted-11-deaths">press release</a> from the DOJ found.</p>
<p>“According to court documents, Montilla was involved in a maritime human smuggling venture that attempted to bring migrants illegally to the United States,” the press release explains.</p>
<p>The illegal migrant smuggler, who now faces a sentence of up to life in prison, attempted to smuggle 48 illegal immigrants into the United States in 2022. Montilla was among 38 people who were <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10826049/Boat-captain-faces-life-prison-11-migrants-Haiti-died-near-Puerto-Rico.html">rescued</a> by the United States Coast Guard after his vessel capsized off the coast of Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>The case comes as migrant fatalities have surged in recent years. Data from the International Organization for Migration, a pro-mass immigration organization associated with the United Nations, indicates that there were 686 <a href="https://www.iom.int/news/us-mexico-border-worlds-deadliest-migration-land-route">migrant deaths</a> along the land route leading to the southern border in 2022 alone.</p>
<p>Illegal immigrants have also attempted to enter the United States by sea under the Biden-Harris administration, which has presided over an unprecedented immigration crisis. One <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/news/migrant-boat-lands-near-celebrity-mansions-in-malibu/">video</a> from December documented a migrant landing on the beaches of Malibu, with 25 illegal aliens rushing out of a 25-foot boat and onto the shore of one of the wealthiest communities in the United States.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-coast-guard-suspects-migrant-landing-in-malibu-second-in-weeks-on-california-coast">exclusively reported</a> just weeks later that the Coast Guard suspected that there was a “possible migrant landing” in Malibu, California.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Exclusive: Coast Guard Suspects &#8216;Migrant Landing&#8217; In Malibu, Second In Weeks On California Coast <a href="https://t.co/O77rCA9UXy">pic.twitter.com/O77rCA9UXy</a></p>
<p>— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1737594353135030614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">10 million</a> people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded</a> since Biden was inaugurated in 2021. There were a total of 415,000 reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration.</p>

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