| If he were to launch the inflatable some of them would likely jump overboard and try to swim for it. As a coast guard officer he is responsible for helping people in the water that are in trouble. The inflatable would then have to be used to rescue the swimmers anyhow. It would be better to just let them land but notify the ground based personnel that there are illegals on the beach and watch them until backup arrives.
From the US Coast Guard page "Primarily, the Coast Guard maintains its humanitarian responsibility to prevent the loss of life at sea, since the majority of migrant vessels are dangerously overloaded, unseaworthy or otherwise unsafe." This is on the Alien Migrant Interdiction page. :)
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