US Department of Defense officials ship illegal immigrants out of the country following the flight operations.

The effort is meant to “to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba,” according to a statement.

Four men were rescued after their boat sank north of the Dominican Republic and taken to Jacksonville, the Coast guard said ...

(U.S. Coast Guard) The United States ... of observable humans – a common ruse used by smugglers to convince authorities that a vessel is a fishing boat – and prepared to intercept them.