The Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 16 illegal foreigners on board about 15 miles from the shore Mission Bay in California on Sunday morning.
In a press release, the Coast Guard said that at about 12 o’clock Cutter Active had informed the common port Operational Center on a 25-foot panga style with about 15-20 people on board, about a mile south of their position.
Panga ship is a narrow, highly implanted type of vessel that often use drug smugglers and people. Cutter Active and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Sea Operations crew launched boarding teams to evaluate the situation.
During the investigation, the Coast Guard boarding team discovered 16 immigrants on Panga ship.
Coast Guard intercepted a ship that wearing illegal migrants starting to explore flight expulsion
Cutter Active Coast Guard intercepted a boat that conveyed 16 illegal immigrants 15 miles from Mission Baya in California on Sunday morning in California. (American Coast Guard)
Initial interviews with immigrants found that everyone claimed they were from Mexico, the Coast Guard said.
All immigrants were transferred to the detention of US border patrol.
“The Coast Guard remains dedicated to protecting life at sea as it worked together with our federal partners in the fight against illegal maritime activities,” said the Coast Guard. “These operations emphasize coordinated efforts between agencies to provide our naval border.”
Last week, Us coastal guard performed several “Operations of Flight by Exterior Exterior” between California and Texas, which included the interception of the ship transporting the illegal migrants that sank into US waters.
The Coast Guard Commander abolished through border omissions, employment, dei focus: officially
The US Coast Guard shared a photo of the illegal migrants detained by the agency in January 2025. (American Coast Guard)
A photo that the military branch divided into X showed a crew on an active intercept of the vessel with nine illegal migrants related to San Diego.
“The migrant vessel began to sink shortly after the active crew stopped the journey,” the post reports. “All persons on the sinking ship were certainly removed and transferred to CBP.”
Commander of the American Coast Guard ADM. Linda Fagan was removed from her place after President Trump returned to the oval office. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital first reported that President Donald Trump fired the commander USCG, Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, for concern about the limit, employment and “confidence erosion”.
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Officials claimed that Fagan failed to resolve the threats of border security, provided that insufficient employment and retaining leadership were over -focusing on diversity, equality and initiatives to include, and concealed the Food Anchor surge cases of sex attack at the Coast Guard Academy.
Fox News Digital, Alexandra Koch, contributed to this report.
