SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard conducted Alien Expulsion Flight Operations Monday between California and Texas.
These flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to surge resources from around the nation to enforce immigration laws and secure U.S. borders and maritime approaches. Led by the Eleventh Coast Guard District in California, the Coast Guard is coordinating the actions of multiple units in support of this Department of Homeland Security-led operation.
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 our border. 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.
For more information about the Coast Guard, visit www.uscg.mil.