Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flights in Texas
A U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to a tactical law enforcement team monitors aliens aboard a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 2, 2025. The airplane crew flew the aliens to El Paso, Texas, where U.S. Department of Defense teams and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel transported them internationally. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)