Migrant apprehensions along the Florida coastline during the first four months of Fiscal Year 23 exceeded the count for the entire Fiscal Year 22. Agents in the Miami Sector apprehended 4,681 migrants since October 1, 2022.
An overloaded sailboat crammed with 100 people from Haiti came near shore Thursday morning in the Florida Keys prompting an urgent response from local law enforcement agencies.
The border crisis expanded to Florida in recent months as officials in the Miami Sector report a massive increase in migrant landings. During the first four months of FY23, Miami Sector agents encountered more migrants than for the entire FY22.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen rescued nearly 300 migrants attempting to flee Haiti on a sailing vessel. Photos show the migrants packed on the deck of the overloaded boat.
U.S. Coast Guardsman interdicted an overloaded sailboat in Bahamanian waters on January 21. Coast Guard officials found the vessel after rescuing one Haitian migrant who reportedly fell overboard.
U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued a group of 45 migrants packed onto an overloaded sailboat. Photos and video show smugglers loaded the migrants onto the boat without life jackets.
U.S. Coast Guard authorities repatriated 270 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their home countries on Monday. The migrants were encountered on makeshift boats.
In response to the escalating migrant surge on the Florida coast, Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the deployment of the state’s National Guard. The governor ordered the mobilization of soldiers, airmen, equipment, and aircraft to assist federal agencies.
Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast law enforcement partners interdicted multiple sea-based human smuggling incidents leading to the capture of more than nearly 1,400 migrants over the New Year’s Weekend. The migrant arrests took place at sea and along the coast in the Florida Keys.
The Alabama man who went overboard on a cruise ship says he set his mind on making it out of the Gulf of Mexico alive.
A man was miraculously found alive on Thanksgiving after he went overboard on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
A group of Cuban refugees recorded their perilous maritime journey to Florida, publishing the videos on Tuesday showing their homemade vessel on the high seas – and encounters with at least two other rafts.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine unit rescued four migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Texas. The Air and Marine Operations agents worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to carry out the rescue operation.
The U.S Coast Guard has revealed it spotted warships from a joint Russian Navy – Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Surface Action group sailing approximately 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska.
A 25-year-old man who went paddleboarding off Stone Harbor Beach in New Jersey Saturday afternoon prompted an all-out search from Coast Guard and other authorities.
An outing turned dangerous for several people whose vessel went up in flames Saturday on the Hudson River.
A massive brawl broke out on the dance floor of a Carnival cruise ship early Tuesday morning that potentially involved up to 60 people.
The Coast Guard recognized a heroic man for jumping into the Houston Ship Channel and rescuing a motorist from a sinking car on New Year’s Eve.
A boatman in Southern California who fell into the sea got help from an unexpected source when he thought all hope was lost.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a woman who passengers say jumped off a cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico after a hot tub incident.
The United States Coast Guard and a good Samaritan successfully rescued 18 people who were on an ice floe that separated from shore.
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Wednesday for 39 people reported missing presumed lost off the coast of Florida in a “suspected human smuggling venture” gone wrong.
A federal court in California sentenced two human smugglers to prison following the drowning of a migrant during a maritime incident in May. The smugglers forced migrants unable to swim into the water, leading to one person’s death.
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped its search for a woman who reportedly fell overboard from a cruise ship located near Ensenada, Mexico, CBS News reported Monday.
A Nantucket man reportedly gave President Joe Biden’s motorcade the middle finger as Biden made a stop on Thanksgiving during his stay at billionaire David Rubinstein’s compound.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen responded to a notification of an overturned boat about 100 miles off the coast of Southern California. The search led to the rescue of 25 people who had been hanging to the small craft for approximately three days.
A man died after a shark attacked him in Australia, despite the efforts of surfers and others who tried to help, officials said Sunday.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents carried out multiple rescues of migrants in life-threatening situations over the past few days. One included a mother and her nine-year-old son who human smugglers abandoned in the deadly ranch lands of Brooks County, Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircrews teamed up with the Coast Guard to seize nearly nine tons of cocaine in three separate incidents in July and August. The 17,620-pound seizures had an estimated street value of more than $333 million, officials stated.
A good Samaritan and members of the Coast Guard rescued two boaters when their propeller hurt one of them Saturday near Tolchester Beach, Maryland.
The DHS is threatening to arrest, incarcerate, impose excessive fines, and even take the vessels of boaters who help U.S.-bound Cubans flee.
Border Patrol agents and Coast Guard crews rescued migrants across the Rio Grande Valley Sector after human smugglers put them in jeopardy. In multiple incidents, smugglers moved women, children, and even infants into the river that separates Texas and Mexico. One woman was saved after an alleged sexual assault attempt.
The actions of a McAllen Station Border Patrol agent led to the rescue of a drowning juvenile migrant near the Texas-Mexico boundary. Officials said both the agent and the juvenile required medical attention after the rescue. Other Rio Grande Valley Sector agents also rescued migrants in distress over the same weekend.
President Joe Biden scolded Coast Guard graduates at a commencement speech Wednesday after they failed to applaud part of his speech.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday they warned U.S. Navy vessels to watch their behavior after Washington said warning shots were fired near Iranian fast attack boats, the latest confrontation between the rivals in the Persian Gulf.
CBP Air and Marine Operations agents assisted in the interdiction and seizure of more than one ton of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel near Puerto Rico. The seizure led to the arrest and indictment of three people for a variety of drug trafficking and maritime law violations.
Former President Donald Trump recently made a $10,000 donation to the loved ones of the missing crew members from the Seacor Power.
A disabled Coast Guard veteran can finally experience a taste of freedom outside of his home after two years after volunteers for a California-based nonprofit built him a wheelchair ramp.
The U.S. Coast Guard conducted Arabian Gulf exercises this week with a Greek navy guided-missile frigate, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said on Friday.
An aerial interdiction by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew led to the seizure of nearly two tons of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea. Officials estimate the drugs to be worth approximately $65 million.
