The First Line of Defense at Sea: Cutter crews intercepting migrants have complex roles
Due to a nation’s sovereign right to protect its border, the Coast Guard is one of the U.S. agencies charged with enforcing immigration laws out on the sea. The Department of State has authorized the Coast Guard to negotiate, and enter into, bilateral agreements pertaining to interdiction at sea, specifically drug and migrant interdictions. The topics of the agreements generally cover shipboarding, shipriding, pursuit, entry to investigate, overflight, relay order to land, international maritime interdiction support, technical assistance, repatriation, third-party platform, and operations in each other’s territorial seas. These international agreements are available for public access. From the Caribbean to Pacific, East Coast to West, the Coast Guard accounts for the majority of the total flow of migrants interdicted while attempting to illegally enter the United States through the maritime domain. The remaining migrants are interdicted or deterred by partner nations or other United States government and local agencies near shore or on land.
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Authors:
- Spence, Nicholas
- Culver, Patrick
- Publication Date: 2020
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 54-58
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Serial:
- Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
- Volume: 77
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
- Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Immigrants; Maritime law; Maritime safety; Migration; Military vessels; National security; Search and rescue operations; Ship crews
- Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Law; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01755912
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 27 2020 12:24PM