The U.S. Coast Guard is the last line of defense for the country’s coastline.
Their activity is already on the rise in the first month of the Trump administration.
And Donald Trump was put on red alert after the Coast Guard intercepted one scary ship.
Coast Guard stops ship loaded down with illegal aliens from Haiti and takes them home
The crisis on the southern border continues to command most of the nation’s attention in the illegal immigration debate.
But Florida, with its more than 8,000 miles of coastline, is very vulnerable to illegal immigration coming from the seas.
It’s a relatively short boat ride from Cuba, Haiti, and other island nations in the area.
Recently, a Coast Guard cutter stopped a 30-foot sailboat that was “overloaded” with potential illegal aliens from Haiti trying to make their way to Florida.
The sailboat carrying 132 Haitians was interdicted just 50 miles from the coast off of Marathon, Florida, in the Florida Keys.
Coast Guard officials were able to stop the sailboat, turn the ship around, and escort it back to Haiti.
“The Coast Guard will continue to prioritize strengthening our domestic integrity and disrupting attempts to enter the United States illegally by sea,” Coast Guard District Seven enforcement officer Lieutenant Zane Carter said. “We are steadfast in our mission to safeguard America by securing our maritime borders.”
A Coast Guard HC-144 plane had first spotted the sailboat and radioed the cutter to intercept it.
The sailboat was boarded, and the Haitians’ identity was determined by Coast Guard officials before they were sent back home.
Coast Guard ships have returned more than 300 Haitians who have tried to enter Florida illegally since just October 1 last year.
“Anyone attempting to enter the United States illegally by sea will be interdicted and repatriated, consistent with U.S. law and policy,” the Coast Guard said in a statement.
Fears of a mass migration event from Haiti have been on the rise since the country’s government collapsed after heavily armed gangs took control of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
Coast Guard assists in the deportation of illegal aliens
The Coast Guard has been supporting President Donald Trump’s effort to deport illegal aliens en masse.
Coast Guard C-130 Hercules transport planes are participating in illegal alien expulsion flights between California and Texas.
“Through these ongoing operations the Coast Guard is detecting, deterring, and interdicting aliens, drug smugglers, and individuals intent on terrorism or other hostile activity before they reach the border,” the Coast Guard said in a press release. “The Coast Guard’s current role is to assist with the national transport of aliens to designated locations in Texas and California, where the Department of Defense will transport the aliens internationally.”
Trump fired former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan in part for not taking maritime security seriously.
The President ordered Coast Guard assets to descend on Florida to defend the state from illegal aliens trying to arrive by boat from Haiti and Cuba.
Local law enforcement was overwhelmed by the number of Cubans arriving by boat in January 2023 at the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys under former President Joe Biden.
Donald Trump is committed to making sure this doesn’t happen again.