U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Interdiction Agents intercepted a vessel carrying 240 Haitian nationals who were attempting an illegal entry into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said this week. 

"The overcrowded vessel was taking on water and in danger of sinking," said CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, who released aerial footage of the boat underway before authorities moved in

In a separate post on 𝕏, the official account of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said: "OUR BORDERS ARE CLOSED. Whether by land or sea — if you try to enter our nation illegally, we will hunt you down and find you."

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OUR BORDERS ARE CLOSED.

Whether by land or sea — if you try to enter our nation illegally, we will hunt you down and find you.
Insider Wire@InsiderWire#BREAKING: CBP intercepts boat carrying 240 Haitian nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.
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The interdiction was carried out by CBP's Air and Marine Operations, working alongside the U.S. Coast Guard and international partners. Footage released by Scott showed a yola-style wooden boat, dangerously overloaded with passengers, heading northeast, a course consistent with the Mona Passage, the stretch of open water that has long served as a smuggling corridor toward Puerto Rico. According to CBP, none of the 240 migrants reached U.S. soil; all were taken aboard responding vessels as their boat foundered.

Scott, the former U.S. Border Patrol chief who now leads CBP, has made publicizing maritime interdictions a prominent part of the agency’s enforcement posture, pairing operational footage with the administration’s broader message that illegal entry by land or water will be met with interdiction and removal.