Fourteen adults and two children were found on a suspected human smuggling boat in Mission Bay early Thursday morning, officials said.

While San Diego County’s two immigration courts are close to one of the busiest borders in the country, they’re only dealing with a fraction of the cases that other major cities are.

It’s going to get more complicated the way we see it, especially human rights for those who are simply looking for an opportunity to benefit their lives,” said García Lara.

"Eighty percent of our workforce are international trade related jobs, certainly reductions in the work force of existing international trade operations would be felt, we'll have closures possibly ...