'Hard sight to see': Coast Guard crews intercept migrants at sea desperate to reach US
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A Coast Guard crew patrolling the Florida Straits has daily encounters with makeshift rafts hosting dozens of migrants hoping to reach the United States for a new life.
Millard's comment comes as her crew patrols the Florida Straits, where they make daily encounters with dozens of migrants crammed onto unsafe rafts attempting to make their way to the U.S. to start a new life. One such encounter in June ended in tragedy, when a vessel carrying 15 migrants from the Bahamas had an unconscious person aboard who Coast Guard members were unable to revive, according to The Virginian-Pilot report. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
The Coast Guard is responsible for enforcing immigration laws at sea, with migrants who get intercepted by its members typically being repatriated back to their home countries. Fiscal Year 2023 is on pace to break last year's number of 12,000 Haitian and Cuban migrants intercepted at sea, so far recording 11,900 since Oct. 1.
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