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Coast Guard Intercepts Alleged Smuggling Vessel With 13 Chinese Nationals

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,

Federal officials on Monday said the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted an alleged smuggling vessel with nearly two-dozen people on board, including 13 Chinese nationals, near Florida's coast.

Last week, the Coast Guard and CBP detected "a surface target of interest" near Angelfish Creek, Florida, according to a Border Patrol news release. When they intercepted the vessel, they discovered it was a 27-foot-long cabin vessel before it was interdicted.

They found that one suspected human smuggler, a Cuban national, and 22 illegal immigrants of various nationalities were on board. That included 13 Chinese nationals, eight Ecuadorian nationals, and one from the Dominican Republican, officials said.

The people who were apprehended were transferred to Coast Guard cutter ship Pablo Valent for more processing, while the 27-foot long vessel was seized by federal authorities, the release said.

Lt. Corryn Ulrich, commanding officer of the Pablo Valent, said that the apprehensions show that the Coast Guard is "ready to save lives and enforce federal law at sea."

"Attempting to enter the United States illegally by sea is extremely dangerous and will not go undetected," a CBP regional director, Andres Blanco, said in a statement. "This interdiction demonstrates the strength of our maritime partnerships and our commitment to stopping human smuggling organizations before they can put more lives at risk. Those who attempt these dangerous voyages face arrest, prosecution, removal, and the very real possibility of losing their lives at sea."

The interdiction was carried out under the Coast Guard's Operation Vigilant Sentry, which is designed to stop illegal immigration into the United States from sea.

Photos of the arrest were published by an official Coast Guard X account earlier this week, showing a Coast Guard ship approaching the alleged smuggling vessel as well as the individuals who were on board.

Coast Guard officials this week said they discovered and interdicted a 30-foot-long vessel around a mile east of Ocean Reef, Florida, on Sept. 15.

On the vessel, Coast Guard boat crew members found 23 people before they transferred 20 of them to the Bahamas for processing. The other three were taken into Homeland Security Investigations custody, the Coast Guard said.

The Trump administration has made border security alongside mass deportations of illegal immigrants a priority. Since January 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a number of executive orders to stop border crossings.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both the Coast Guard and CBP, reported 16 straight months of releasing no illegal immigrants into the United States at the U.S. - Mexico border, according to a statement published last week.

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Appeals Court Upholds Hawaii's Rules For Gun Buyers

Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times,

Hawaii's rules for gun buyers were upheld by a federal appeals court Tuesday in a ruling that reversed a lower court's injunction.

Palm trees frame the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on April 23, 2025. Mengshin LinAP Photo

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii by a vote of 6 to 5.

In Todd Yukutake and David Kikukawa v. Anne Lopez and the City and County of Honolulu, the court found that the law imposing a list of rules on gun buyers is constitutional under the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.

Writing for the majority of the Ninth Circuit's en banc panel, Judge John B. Owens stated that a footnote in the Bruen decision holds that objective, "shall-issue" licensing standards comply with the Second Amendment.

A "shall-issue" standard means the state must grant a permit to a qualified applicant.

The dissenting judges say this is a misapplication of the Bruen standard.

The law in question requires a state-issued license to purchase a handgun. The licensing process requires applicants to submit fingerprints, a mental health check and their Social Security number. It also sets a 30-day limit for purchasing the gun once the license is issued. If the licensee fails to meet that deadline, the process must be restarted.

Once the firearm purchase is complete, the new gun owner is required to provide information about the gun to the police department. Under some circumstances the gun must be inspected by the police.

Under Bruen, a gun law is constitutional if it fits the plain text of the Second Amendment and has a historical analogue from the time of the Second Amendment's ratification.

The majority wrote that footnote nine of the Bruen decision allows requiring a license to carry a handgun in public for protection as long as the licensing requirements are based on objective standards.

Owens wrote that the plaintiffs failed to show that the law effectively denied them their Second Amendment rights or impeded their ability to acquire firearms. He stated that, according to footnote nine, "non-abusive, shall-issue laws comport with the Second Amendment."

Joining Owens in reversing the injunction were Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia and judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Gabriel P. Sanchez, and Holly A. Thomas.

Judge Ryan Nelson joined Judges Daniel Bress, Lawrence VanDyke, Bridget Bade, and Danielle J. Forrest in dissenting in part.

The dissenters wrote that footnote nine does not apply since it covers the carrying of a firearm and not the acquisition of one. They also noted that the state did not identify a historical analog for the licensing requirement.

The lawsuit was filed on Oct. 21, 2021, by the Honolulu County residents. The pair said the licensing process was an unconstitutional infringement on their Second Amendment rights. In August 2021 the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii found in their favor.

Gun rights activists say this is not the end of the case. Brandon Combs, president of the Firearms Policy Council, called the decision a "roadmap for abusing gun owners."

Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, vowed to continue the legal fight.

"This case will be headed to the Supreme Court and I believe that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will be overturned," Gottlieb stated in an email to The Epoch Times.

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