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Press Release | Jan. 25, 2025

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas

SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard conducted several alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday.

“In accordance with the President’s executive orders, the Coast Guard continues to surge assets and leverage its unique capabilities to protect America’s borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,” said Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard’s acting commandant. “Today’s operation exemplifies our coordination with our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense teammates, through which we are detecting, deterring and interdicting aliens, drug smuggling and other terrorist or hostile activity before it reaches our border.”

The Coast Guard is coordinating the operations of multiple Coast Guard units in support of this operation. Led by the Eleventh Coast Guard District in California, the Service is surging assets and personnel from around the nation to support the Department of Homeland Security-led operation.

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.

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