Chinese migrant on paddleboard with suitcase in tow apprehended near Bahamas days after separate Florida bust

The U.S. Coast Guard apprehended a Chinese migrant floating connected a paddleboard off the Bahamas, officials said.

The antheral was spotted astir 25 miles disconnected Freeport, Bahamas by the Cutter Seahorse, officials said successful a societal media station Wednesday. 

Photos and video released by the U.S. Coast Guard showed the antheral paddling connected what appeared to beryllium 2 boards connected apical of each other, with a fewer pieces of luggage strapped to them.

The unidentified Chinese nationalist was transported backmost to the Bahamas, the bureau said.

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The unit of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sea Horse interdicted a Chinese alien aboard a paddleboard astir 25 miles from Freeport, Bahamas connected Tuesday, Feb. 4. (USCG Southeast via X)

The migrant from China was sent backmost to the Bahamas, the USCG said. (USCG Southeast via X)

The apprehension came conscionable a week aft 26 radical from China landed successful Coral Gables, Florida successful what authorities said was a migrant smuggling cognition launched from the Bahamas

"We judge they came by boat, they came done a secluded country successful the confederate extremity of Coral Gables," Coral Gables Police Chief Hudak Jr. said successful a property release. "They're coming up done a canal country that leads to a backstage marina."

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Two alleged smugglers, on with 26 Chinese migrants – 9 women and 17 men – were taken into custody, Hudak Jr. said.

The alleged smugglers were of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent and were carrying a firearm, constabulary said.

Migrants successful enactment successful Jacumba, California. Border authorities are contending with an influx of Chinese migrants successful a cardinal borderline sector. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Illegal immigrants from China person accrued successful fig dramatically implicit the past respective years, Fox News Digital antecedently reported. 

Between the fiscal years of 2021 and 2024, they accounted for an summation of much than 8,000%. 

The spike comes arsenic U.S. lawmakers are informing China's influence successful South and Central America and its rising tech manufacture airs nationalist information threats. 

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President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan has vowed to tackle amerciable migration from "day one."

Trump precocious signed an enforcement enactment suspending asylum for those crossing done the confederate border. 

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security expanded its usage of "expedited removal," a process that allows U.S. Customs and Border officials to deport individuals without an migration tribunal proceeding oregon different quality earlier a judge.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast for comment.

Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw contributed to this report.