United States Coast Guard, Gulf of Mexico
In support of President Trump's executive orders, the Coast Guard will send additional resources to maritime borders, the military branch said Tuesday.
The effort is meant to “to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba,” according to a statement.
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated amid border, recruitment concerns, "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi is collaborating with the Texas Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network and Texas Parks and Wildlife to rescue sea
Coast Guard members opened fire off the coast of San Diego on a vessel smuggling people into the U.S. after two Mexican men on the boat attempted to evade a service patrol by ramming into them.
The Coast Guard is sending additional resources to at least four other maritime borders as well, including waterways around Florida.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.
The Coast Guard is adding to its force at the Gulf of Mexico and other spots in the wake of President Trump's firing of the service branch's commandant. The plan calls for stepping up the Coast Guard's presence in waterways approaching Florida and the maritime border around Alaska,
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is immediately increasing the number of cutters, aircraft, and other assets it deploys to “key” border areas to support executive orders
The Pentagon will deploy up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico, following executive orders from President Donald Trump to use the military to seal the border.