30 Illegals Intercepted By Boat As Maritime Trafficking Increases

(TrueTrendNews.com) – Earlier this month, Florida authorities intercepted a boat carrying illegal immigrants and human smugglers.

The Sunshine State’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced last week that it had worked with federal, state, and local authorities to stop a boat along the Miami-Dade coast. On April 19, the area’s Air and Marine Operations Center contacted fellow authorities, alerting them of a potential “human smuggling operation.”

According to an FWC press release, the Miami-Dade Police Department first stopped the boat and was quickly aided by other agencies, including the United States Coast Guard and Border Patrol. The vessel—which was a yacht about 60 feet in length—was carrying roughly 30 illegal immigrants and two others suspected of human smuggling.

All on board the boat were arrested and transferred to the Coast Guard to be sent back to their home country of Haiti. One of the people suspected of smuggling was handed over to the United States Homeland Security Investigations agency.

The incident follows more than a year after Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order to control illegal immigrants flooding into the country via the state’s borders. This order allowed the Florida National Guard to respond accordingly, in collaboration with state and local law enforcement, to stall the massive number of migrants entering America through the Florida Keys.

Following the recent interception of more than two dozen illegal immigrants, the FWC announced that they have “intensified their vigilance” as they work to mitigate the migration crisis in the Sunshine State. DeSantis has already instituted 23 more officers and eight additional vessels to deter smugglers from carrying illegals into the area.

While Floridians have praised DeSantis for his active participation in the crisis, many around the country continue to be frustrated with President Joe Biden for his apparent failure to protect the nation’s borders from illegal immigration. The issue of border security is a top priority for American voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, which is anticipated to be a rematch between Biden and his GOP rival Donald Trump.