Operation Vigilant Sentry is a Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast (HSTF-SE) comprehensive, integrated, national operational plan for a rapid, effective, and unified response of federal, state, and local capabilities in response to maritime migration in the Caribbean.
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Operation Vigilant Sentry is a Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast (HSTF-SE) comprehensive, integrated, national operational plan for a rapid, effective, and unified response of federal, state, and local capabilities in response to maritime migration in the Caribbean.
The primary objectives of OVS are to protect the safety of life at sea, and to deter and dissuade mass migration using DHS forces, reinforced by other required federal, state, and local assets and capabilities. Migrants interdicted at-sea will be repatriated to their country of origin consistent with U.S. law, policies, and international treaty obligations. show less