Village authorities on St. Lawrence Island notified the Coast Guard on Tuesday that two foreign nationals had landed near the community of Gambell in a small boat.
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The U.S. Coast Guard released a statement to Alaska’s News Source confirming that “the two were taken into local custody and are being held at the local public safety facility pending further response.” A spokesperson from Sen. Dan Sullivan’s office said the senator was made aware of the situation after being contacted by a senior community leader from the Bering Strait region early Tuesday morning. Sullivan’s office released a statement that read in part:
“Given current heightened tensions with Russia, Senator Sullivan then called the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and spoke to him as well as another senior DHS official. Since those calls, Customs and Border Protection is responding and going through the process to determine the admissibility of these individuals to enter the United States.”Editor’s note: In an initial statement to Alaska’s News Source, the Coast Guard referred to the two people as “Russian nationals.
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