The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has taken 49 foreign nationals into custody during multiple interdictions over the past few weeks while they were attempting to enter the United States illegally via maritime routes.
On May 26, the USCG announced that it interdicted 36 foreign nationals roughly 22 miles off San Diego.
The passengers were traveling in a “suspicious 30-foot cuddy cabin vessel,” it said. Crew members aboard USCGC John McCormick intercepted the vessel and took control of it without the use of force. All 36 individuals claimed Mexican nationality. They were detained and transferred to Border Patrol agents.
Earlier, on May 24, USCG said it interdicted 10 foreign nationals suspected of trying to illegally enter the United States around 27 miles east of San Clemente Island, all of whom identified themselves as Mexicans….