A Coast Guard Cutter Campbell law enforcement crew stopped a grossly overloaded, unsafe vessel near Turks and Caicos, May 9, 2022. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell is homeported in Kittery, Maine. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa-Rodriguez)

The February issue of US Naval Institute Proceedings has a rather grim description of Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations in the 7th District. The number of Cubans and Haitians putting out to sea has increased dramatically.

We have talked about this growing problem before,

• “Homeland Security Task Force Southeast partners increase illegal migration enforcement patrols in Florida Straits, Caribbean” –D7, Sept. 2, 2022
• “Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast surges to enhance migration enforcement” –D7, Jan. 20, 2023
• “Operation Vigilant Sentry: Stopping illegal migration at sea” –CG HQ, Jan. 27, 2023

but this is by far the clearest description of the challenges of these operations.