To download Cuban interdiction process video, click this link.
All Coast Guard Southeast imagery can be found on Dvids, here.
All Coast Guard migration imagery can be found on Dvids, here.
Family members in the United States inquiring about possible family members interdicted at sea, please contact your local federal U.S. representative.
Para personas que residen en los EE.UU. buscando información sobre un familiar posiblemente interceptado por la Guardia Costera, por favor comuníquese con la oficina de su congresista o representante del Senado, local.
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent’s crew repatriated 82 people to Cuba, Thursday, following interdictions off Florida's coast.
A good Samaritan notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Saturday, at approximately 4:30 p.m., about 45 miles south of Marathon.
Coast Guard Cutter Edgar Culbertson’s crew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Sunday, at approximately 5:15 p.m., about 23 miles north of Cayo Cruz Del Padre, Cuba.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 aircrew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Sunday, at approximately 5:30 p.m., about 46 miles south of Key West.
Coast Guard Cutter Edgar Culbertson’s crew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Tuesday, at 11:40 a.m., about 69 miles south of Key West.
“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas announced a change to the Cuban and Haitian Parole Processes, Thursday," said Capt. Benjamin Golightly, Operation Vigilant Sentry incident commander. "Individuals who are interdicted at sea after April 27, 2023, will be ineligible for the aforementioned Parole Processes announced last January."
Since Oct. 1, 2022, Coast Guard crews interdicted 6,477 Cubans compared to:
- 6,182 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2022
- 838 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2021
- 49 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2020
- 313 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2019
- 259 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2018
- 1,468 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2017
- 5,396 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2016
Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical attention.
For more information about newly announced immigration programs:
Fact Sheet: U.S. Government announces sweeping new actions to manage regional migration
Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas at a Joint Press Availability
Implementation of a Change to the Parole Process for Haitians
Implementation of a Change to the Parole Process for Cubans
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