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Date: Aug. 09, 2013

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Coast Guard repatriates 11 Cuban migrantsMIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Tuesday.

While on routine patrol, the crew of a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry Aircraft, from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, located a 30-foot rustic vessel off the coast of Marathon, Fla., on Aug. 3. The Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke was diverted and arrived on scene with the vessel. The Ocracoke crewmembers safely embarked 11 Cuban migrants aboard the cutter. The rustic vessel was destroyed as a hazard of navigation.

The 11 Cuban migrants were later transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive and then to the Margaret Norvell for repatriation.

"People aboard these vessels are putting their lives at risk," said Capt. Mark Fedor, chief of Response Enforcement. "U.S. Coast Guard cutters, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft crews will continue to vigilantly patrol the Florida Straits and the Caribbean to rescue and repatriate undocumented migrants who take to the sea.

Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical attention.

The Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell is a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter, homeported in Miami.

The Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke is a 110-foot patrol boat, homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive is a 210-foot reliance class cutter homeported in Pascagoula, Miss.

The Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters are designed to conduct maritime drug interdiction, alien migrant interdiction, search and rescue, national defense, homeland security, living marine resources and other Coast Guard missions. This class of patrol boat is capable of deploying independently to execute Coast Guard missions and prevent potential threats from approaching our shores and offers vastly improved capabilities over the aging 110-foot Island class patrol boats it replaces. The Fast Response Cutter is part of the Coast Guard’s layered approach to maritime security that includes the National Security Cutter and the Offshore Patrol Cutter.
For more information on the Margaret Norvell and the new Fast Response Cutters, please visit http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/w…

For more information on how to legally immigrate to the U.S., call U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at 1-800-375-5283 or visit the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov.

US Coast Guard repatriates 24 Cuban migrants

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MIAMI, USA -- The US Coast Guard repatriated a total of 24 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, in two separate incidents last week.

On Saturday, Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida, watch-standers received a report from a Customs and Border Protection maritime patrol aircraft of a rustic vessel southwest of Key West. Sector Key West diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant to respond and the Valiant safely embarked 11 Cuban migrants from the unseaworthy vessel.

The migrants were then transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island for repatriation.

The Coast Guard repatriated another 13 migrants to Bahia de Cabañas on Wednesday after receiving a report of suspected migrants aboard an unseaworthy vessel. Watch-standers diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, whose crew arrived on scene and embarked 13 Cuban migrants. The migrants were later transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island for repatriation.

"Illegal migrant ventures at sea are both risky and dangerous," said Capt. Brendan McPherson, 7th Coast Guard District chief of enforcement. "The Coast Guard will continue to put a high priority on patrolling offshore to prevent illegal migration and rescue those who put themselves at risk aboard unseaworthy rafts and rusticas."

Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical attention.

Fred tell that lying woman to buss out!

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MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated 69 migrants from Haiti and Cuba.

Twenty-six Haitian migrants were transported to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Thursday. Forty-three Cuban migrants were repatriated to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Tuesday.

Authorities said the migrants were interdicted at sea in five separate incidents.

Thousands of Cubans, Haitians and other migrants from the Caribbean and Latin America attempt to reach the U.S. through Caribbean waters each year. Cubans who arrive are generally allowed to stay under the "Wet-Foot, Dry-foot" police, while those stopped at sea are usually returned home.

Other Latino immigrants do not receive the same treatment.

Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said the agency will continue to patrol the waters around the U.S. to deter illegal migrant activity.

So Rubio and this tree stump congresswoman think it's ok for the US to repatriate but not us? Man this is why I could never go into politics. I'd tell these people to kiss it right in the middle. HYPOCRITES.