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U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to tactical law enforcement teams work alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to facilitate the disembarkation of aliens from a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2, 2025. Alien expulsion flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to enforce the immigration laws of the U.S. in accordance with the president’s executive orders. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

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Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flights in Texas

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to tactical law enforcement teams work alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to facilitate the disembarkation of aliens from a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2, 2025. Alien expulsion flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to enforce the immigration laws of the U.S. in accordance with the president’s executive orders. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

A U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to a tactical law enforcement team monitors aliens aboard a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 2, 2025. The airplane crew flew the aliens to El Paso, Texas, where U.S. Department of Defense teams and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel transported them internationally.

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Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flights in Texas

A U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to a tactical law enforcement team monitors aliens aboard a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 2, 2025. The airplane crew flew the aliens to El Paso, Texas, where U.S. Department of Defense teams and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel transported them internationally. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard conducted alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas Thursday.

These flights continue the Coast Guard’s actions to surge resources from around the nation, 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 the border.

The Coast Guard’s 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 uscg.mil.

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