Migrant crime crisis comes to Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, playgrounds for rich and famous
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Over the last month, ICE has made at least six arrests on the islands as part of a larger operation to detain illegal immigrant suspects in the beach towns favored by the Biden and Obama families.
"I think many people are concerned about the violent illegal population. ... The biggest thing is obviously not knowing anybody's history if they're here illegally. The legal immigrants will even discuss that," Toby Brown, chair of the Nantucket GOP, told Fox News Digital. "I think the ultrawealthy summer people probably don't see the same thing as somebody who's living here locally." "Too often local jurisdictions refuse to honor immigration detainers and release dangerous offenders back into the community to reoffend." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
Brown, who noted that most immigrants on the idyllic island off the coast of Cape Cod are good and active community members, including those residing there illegally. But residents are still concerned about those who may be running from violent pasts in their home countries.