| Lengths, statute miles | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | General coastline1 |
Tidal shoreline2 |
| Atlantic Coast: | ||
| Maine | 228 | 3,478 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 131 |
| Massachusetts | 192 | 1,519 |
| Rhode Island | 40 | 384 |
| Connecticut | — | 618 |
| New York | 127 | 1,850 |
| New Jersey | 130 | 1,792 |
| Pennsylvania | — | 89 |
| Delaware | 28 | 381 |
| Maryland | 31 | 3,190 |
| Virginia | 112 | 3,315 |
| North Carolina | 301 | 3,375 |
| South Carolina | 187 | 2,876 |
| Georgia | 100 | 2,344 |
| Florida (Atlantic) | 580 | 3,331 |
| Total Atlantic Coast | 2,069 | 28,673 |
| Gulf Coast: | ||
| Florida (Gulf) | 770 | 5,095 |
| Alabama | 53 | 607 |
| Mississippi | 44 | 359 |
| Louisiana | 397 | 7,721 |
| Texas | 367 | 3,359 |
| Total Gulf Coast | 1,631 | 17,141 |
| Pacific Coast: | ||
| California | 840 | 3,427 |
| Oregon | 296 | 1,410 |
| Washington | 157 | 3,026 |
| Hawaii | 750 | 1,052 |
| Alaska (Pacific) | 5,580 | 31,383 |
| Total Pacific Coast | 7,623 | 40,298 |
| Arctic Coast: | ||
| Alaska (Arctic) | 1,060 | 2,521 |
| Total Arctic Coast | 1,060 | 2,521 |
| States Total | 12,383 | 88,633 |
You're crossing over from naive, to stupid.
Florida is one of the States with the highest number of illegal aliens in the nation, and what border do we share?
Alabama?
Georgia?
But we do get tons of boat loads of illegal aliens brought in by smugglers from Haiti, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Jamaica...
The tidal shorelines of the US, our off-shore islands and cays, are American soil, and Cuban rafters use them to gain entry, as do Haitians, Dominicans, etc.
Shut down the SW border, and the coyotes go sea bound.
We have problems stopping tons of cocaine and pot coming in yearly, and you think that the Coast Guard will be able to handle the drug smugglers, AND the coyotes?
The solution is to eliminate the problem, the most logical one is to document temporary workers. It worked before, it will work again.