Travel warning issued due to huge influx of migrants on popular vacation spot

A popular vacation location is at the center of a travel warning amid an influx of migrants to the area.

As spring break approaches, seasonal partiers may want to reconsider where they are planning to spend their carefree week after the U.S. State Department issued a Level 2 travel advisory as crime in Turks and Caicos continues to rise.

Former FBI investigator and international security expert Bill Daly believes the spike in crime is related, at least in part, to a surge in immigration.

“As of Feb. 18, the country had intercepted four vessels in 2025, and authorities had detained a total of 296 “irregular migrants” in that time. On March 4, the State Department issued the new travel advisory,” Fox News reported.

“I think the concern is, much like in our country, who the people are coming in, and is there a criminal element coming in?” Daly asked. “You know, again, a lot of that does kind of precipitate whether or not people kind of incorporate themselves into the culture of the society. Can they get work? Can they get jobs? Because if they can’t, then they might do something else to get money and do things they want to do, and that could result in criminality.”

He explained that anytime boats of migrants arrive at a location, it’s possible that bad actors are mixed in with the actual migrants.

However, he also noted that illegal immigration by itself would not be enough to warrant raising the travel advisory level.

“In fact, the government takes a great deal of caution in changing travel advisory levels because such changes can impact the safety and protection of Americans and American assets abroad, and it can also affect tourism levels in places like Turks and Caicos, which relies on tourism as a huge part of its economy,” the Fox article added.

“The State Department issues these travel advisories based upon information they gather both from the embassies [and] the countries,” Daly said. “They also draw from the FBI legal attaches. They’re called legats, who are in many embassies around the world. If not in a particular country, then certainly there’s a legat that has responsibility for that particular country, for instance, Turks and Caicos.”

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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