U.S. Coast Station Marathon personnel aboard a Coast Guard 33-foot high-speed law enforcement boat interdict a makeshift migrant vessel approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. Migrant interdiction is one of the 11 statutory missions assigned to the Coast Guard by Congress, giving the military service the authority to take the lead role in the ongoing and historic migrant surge. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer Third Class Ian Gray.