26 people on a leaky 25-foot boat. The Coast Guard says it found more wrong than that

[rangerrebew]

 26 people on a leaky 25-foot boat. The Coast Guard says it found more wrong than that

By David J. Neal
December 10, 2019 11:04 AM
 
A 25-foot boat with 26 men and women from the Dominican Republic got stopped in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.

The Coast Guard credited a Customs and Border Protection marine patrol aircraft with spotting the boat about 35 miles south of Mona Island. The 22 men and four women soon were met by the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, which transferred them to the Heriberto Hernandez. The Hernandez took them to a Dominican Republic Navy boat.

Cmdr. Beau Power, the Coast Guard’s Sector San Juan Chief of Response, called the boat “a grossly overloaded makeshift vessel.”

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article238195939.html#storylink=cpy

[PeteS in CA]

Well, I'll spoil the suspense of the Miami Herald's clickbaity headline. Not on was the boat leaking, the occupants were not wearing flotation devices.

[Fishrrman]

"The Coast Guard credited a Customs and Border Protection marine patrol aircraft with spotting the boat about 35 miles south of Mona Island. The 22 men and four women soon were met by the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, which transferred them to the Heriberto Hernandez. The Hernandez took them to a Dominican Republic Navy boat."

If that means they were returned to the jurisdiction of the Dominican Republic, the Coast Guard did the right thing.

This is the way ALL "at sea interventions" should be handled.
Return to country of origin.
If that is "indeterminate", offer them a stay at Guantanamo in lieu of such return.