The US Coast Guard on Tuesday announced the deployment of personnel and equipment to various maritime borders in the United States, a day after President Donald Trump fired the head of the military department.
In a statement, Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said the coast guard will work to detect and prevent illegal immigration in support of Trump's orders issued this week.
“The US Coast Guard is the world's premier maritime law enforcement agency, critical to protecting America's maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,” said Lunday. “According to the President's Executive Orders, I have ordered my operational commanders to immediately raise assets – cutters, aircraft, ships and special forces that can be used – to increase presence and concentration. ..”
THE HELICOPTER COMMANDER WHO REWARDS THE COMMANDER CAUSES ACCIDENTS TO AIRCRAFT OPERATORS AS FIRE.
The Coast Guard says it is taking immediate action to back up executive orders signed by President Donald Trump a day after he was sworn in. (US Coast Guard)
The main areas that the authorities will focus on turn off the water Florida restricts and prevents immigrants from Haiti and Cuba from entering the US, and borders the sea around Alaska, Hawaii, as well as the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands.
Lunday also wrote in the release that the facility would lead to “the maritime boundary between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of America.”
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order naming the Gulf of Mexico. To federal executive order: “Reclaiming Names That Honor America's Greatness,” Section 4 names “the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico … as a valuable asset to our once prosperous nation … and an indelible part of America” - as “America's Gulf.”
The reference appears to be the first time a federal agency has adopted a name change.
The Coast Guard said it would target the Bahamas and South Florida, and between the US and Mexico in the Pacific Ocean.
In addition, the Coast Guard will support US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the maritime areas of the US southwest border.
“Together, in cooperation with us Department of Homeland Security and colleagues from the Department of Defense, we will detect, prevent and stop illegal immigration, drug trafficking and other acts of terrorism or hostility before they reach our border,” the statement said. of news.
A US Coast Guard vessel is off the coast of Key West, Florida. The Coast Guard on Tuesday said it will send more equipment to other locations to support President Trump's administration's orders to combat illegal immigration. (iStock)
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On Monday, Trump also issued a series of executive orders restricting illegal immigration.
Among the many charges was the termination of Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, 61, who was fired by Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Benjamin Huffman.
US Coast Guard Commander Adm. Linda Fagan was fired by Homeland Security Acting Secretary Benjamin Huffman. (Getty Images)
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Huffman did not give a reason for the firing, but a senior DHS official told Fox News that Fagan was removed because of his inability to address border security threats, inadequate leadership leasing and maintenance, inefficient acquisition of critical assets such as icebreakers and helicopters. focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and the “erosion of trust” surrounding the misconduct and cover-up of Operation Fouled Anchor, which was an internal Coast Guard investigation regarding cases of sexual abuse Coast Guard Academy.
Charles Creitz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.