Haiti, Coast Guard and Florida

Coast Guard stops a sailboat carrying over 100 Haitian migrants near the Florida Keys
The sailboat was traveling between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas, about 50 miles southeast of the Middle Keys city of Marathon, when it was spotted last Tuesday by a Coast Guard airplane crew and a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations crew, according to a Coast Guard statement.
Coast Guard intercepts 132 Haitians on boat south of Florida Keys, sends them back home
Coast Guard cutter Escanaba stopped the 30-foot vessel overloaded with illegal aliens from Haiti approximately 50 miles southeast of Marathon, Florida.
Coast Guard stops boat with 132 migrants from Haiti near Florida: officials
The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a boat loaded with more than 100 migrants near Florida on Monday, officials said.
Feds stop another boat smuggling Chinese migrants from the Bahamas to South Florida
The interception of the boat is the latest in a series of recent migrant smuggling cases disrupted involving people from China attempting to enter South Florida using the Bahamas as a jumping-off point.
Coast Guard is shocked by discovery on migrant boat off Florida Keys
The boat was intercepted by Coast Guard agents 50 miles southeast of Marathon, Florida last week. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew based out of Jacksonville and a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 aircrew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders about the migrants on Tuesday.
With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
The Associated Press spoke to around a half-dozen people who had asylum appointments in the U.S. through the Biden-era app, ...
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U.S. ramps up border patrols off Florida amid migration concerns
MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard has announced an immediate surge in operations near Haiti and Cuba in response to executive ... initiative to bolster maritime border security across several regions.
More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600
The Pentagon has been scrambling to put in motion Trump’s executive orders signed shortly after he took office on Jan. 20.
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Coast Guard To Deploy Ships, Specialized Forces To Florida To Prevent Migration From Cuba, Haiti
The move follows the dismissal of Coast Guard Commandant Linda Lee Fagan, the first military officer fired under Trump.
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Coast Guard surge coming to South Florida
Guardsmen assigned to the waters off southeast Florida will be instructed to deter and stop people from coming by boat from both Haiti and Cuba. The maritime border between south Florida and ...
Who owns the Gulf of Mexico/America? What to know about recent changes
President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but who actually owns the waterway that touches multiple countries?
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Dozens arrested in Florida operation amid crackdown on illegal immigration
(TNND) — Authorities in south Florida swept up dozens of illegal immigrants ... Colombia, Brazil, Cuba and Nicaragua. Among their alleged crimes were drug possession, prostitution, illegal ...
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32 caught in Palm Beach County over 2 days of ICE operations
Dozens of people in the United States illegally were taken into custody after federal agents descended on Palm Beach County ...
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Coast Guard stops sailboat carrying over 130 Haitian migrants near the Florida Keys
The sailboat was traveling between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas, about 50 miles southeast of the Middle Keys city of ...
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott Eyes Strict Sanctions For Cuban Regime Over Human Rights Abuses
Senator Rick Scott, joined by Senator Tommy Tuberville, has reintroduced the Denying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in ...