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12. The USCG says it has 6 "major operational missions."

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 06:48 PM

Jan 21

https://www.uscg.mil/About/Missions/

Maritime Law Enforcement: The Maritime Law Enforcement mission program protects America's maritime borders, defends the Nation's maritime sovereignty, facilitates legitimate use of the waterways, and suppresses violations of U.S. Federal law on, under, and over the seas to include illegal migration and Transnational Organized Crime

Now, I didn't know if that text was uploaded today so I checked the WayBack Machine. It was the same on 12/29/24. Page looks pretty much consistent, and that's the "first" in the list of 6.

And it was the same on 12/18/23.

So, dunno. We have maritime borders and it strikes me that the CBP doesn't have much of a fleet. Even back during the Marielito boatlift, the USCG was referenced quite a bit.

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