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12 Marines confined to Camp Pendleton brig awaiting charges for alleged smuggling
Twelve Marines are currently confined to the Camp Pendleton, California, brig for their alleged involvement in human smuggling and drug offenses
By Shawn Snow
Latest "illegal immigration" stories
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Troops do not view immigration as a ‘national emergency.’ Not even close.
Both immigration and Mexico itself were perceived as relatively small threats compared to more pressing concerns like cyberterrorism, Russia and China.
By Joshua Axelrod
Coast Guard detains dozens of Caribbean migrants in unseaworthy vessels
While debate rages over an ongoing deployment of U.S. troops to the international border with Mexico on the eve of America’s midterm elections, the Coast Guard quietly continues to interdict attempts by Caribbean smugglers to sneak undocumented migrants into the country from the sea.
By Carl Prine
2,100 mostly unarmed Guard troops on border as Trump vows to send more to stop migrant caravan
National Guard could send 2,000 more troops to border, if governors OK the deployment.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press
Coast Guard interdicts boatload of undocumented Caribbean migrants
Coast Guard officials said that the cutter Heriberto Hernandez transferred a dozen Dominicans and two Haitians to a Dominican navy vessel on Sunday, three days after they were interdicted in a cramped boat near Puerto Rico’s Mona Island.
By Carl Prine
As many as 11,800 military families face deportation issues, group says
While the active duty members themselves are protected — because in order to enlist a service member has to show proof that they are in the country legally — their undocumented spouses are not.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press