How Florida tackles the problem of migrant boats (but there are no NGOs)
the Florida of the republican DeSantis has a similar problem to the Italian one: dozens of small boats, very dangerous, try to bring irregular migrants from Cuba and Haiti to the USA, with violation of the law and risks for people. But without NGOs and with different laws, the problem has different solutions.
For example, the US Coast Guard repatriated 83 illegal immigrants to Haiti on Monday and 273 to Cuba on Sunday after they were intercepted in the Florida Keys over the New Year period. The Coast Guard said it continued to intercept and rescue illegal aliens from overloaded and unseaworthy vessels and warned those caught at sea would be deported.
In a statement on the 83 Haitians repatriated on Monday, Lieutenant Travis Poulos said the Coast Guard's 7th District and partner agencies continue to patrol the Florida Strait, Windward and Mona passages. “These undertakings are extremely dangerous and could cost you your life,” the officer said.
The 83 Haitians were first spotted on a sailboat by a West Palm Beach Coast Guard crew near Hobe Sound on Jan. 2, then again by a Good Samaritan on Jan. 4 about five miles east. of Key Lago, approximately 156 miles away. According to the Coast Guard, there were men, women and children on board.
Small boat used by migrants
Lieutenant Commander John Beal said the Coast Guard District Seven crew continues to intercept and rescue Cubans "from severely overloaded and unfit vessels." "These illegal trips are always dangerous and often deadly," Beal said in a statement on Sunday.
We are working closely with partner agencies to save lives and prevent illegal entry into the United States across our southeastern maritime border.” Persons intercepted at sea will be repatriated."
Now the Florida state government will also deploy Florida National Guard aircraft to support marine patrols to "uphold water interdicts and ensure the safety of migrants attempting to reach Florida across the Florida Strait."
More than 300 illegal aliens illegally arrived in the Florida Keys over the New Year period, prompting Governor Ron DeSantis to sign an executive order Jan. 6 to activate the National Guard.
State officials were forced to close Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, after 300 foreigners landed there, while another 45 arrived in Key West. The Coast Guard said about 10 boats in the Florida Keys were reported and intercepted between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. “As the negative impacts of [President Joe] Biden's lawless immigration policies continue unabated, the brunt of the Biden administration's failure falls on local law enforcement agencies who lack the resources to deal with the crisis,” he said the Republican governor in a statement. For this reason I am activating the National Guard and directing state resources to help relieve pressure on local resources.” When Biden continues to ignore his legal responsibilities, we will step in to support our communities."
In addition, the DeSantis executive order ( pdf ) directs state law enforcement and other state agencies to "provide resources to support local governments" responding to the influx of illegal aliens into the Florida Keys, as well as to "provide further support for efforts to prevent further landings of migrants on the Florida coast.
Therefore, WITHOUT NGOs and with DIFFERENT, but not inhumane, LEGISLATION, the Coast Guard actively seeks and rescues people on small boats, with the help of State means, but these are immediately expelled upon their arrival. This is the real and only incentive against irregular immigration by ship which puts hundreds of lives at risk. Yet it seems that this solution is impossible for us…
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