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Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders

The U.S. Coast Guard is sending more ships, boats, and aircraft to South Florida and other areas to support President Donald Trump's executive order on maritime migration efforts.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman fired Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, on the same day of the announcement.
Adm. Kevin Lunday stated that the Coast Guard will increase its presence to deter maritime mass migration from Haiti and Cuba, particularly in the Florida Straits.
Maritime migration from both Cuba and Haiti has significantly decreased due to increased patrols by state and federal forces in South Florida.

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Coast Guard Adds to Gulf of Mexico Force

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, California, Hawaii,...

1 month ago·Miami, United States

Coast Guard deploying assets to ‘Gulf of America’ in support of Trump’s executive orders

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is deploying assets around maritime borders in support of President Donald Trump’s execute orders.

1 month ago·Cedar Rapids, United States

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Sun-Sentinel

U.S. Coast Guard to ‘surge assets’ in South Florida after Trump’s immigration orders

The U.S. Coast Guard is increasing its presence in the waters off South Florida in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aiming to curb illegal immigration. Adm. Kevin Lunday, Coast Guard acting commandant, said in a news release Wednesday that he ordered all operational commanders to “immediately surge assets,” including cutters, boats, helicopters and planes and specialized teams beginning with “key areas.” Among the areas are …

1 month ago·Deerfield Beach, United States

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Washington Examiner

Coast Guard sending additional forces to newly named Gulf of America

The Coast Guard has announced it will be sending “aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces” to the “Gulf of America” in an effort to curb illegal immigration and the flow of drugs. The move comes following President Donald Trump’s executive order that changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.... The post Coast Guard sending additional forces to newly named Gulf of America appeared first on Daily Truth Report • Daily…

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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The Epoch Times

US Coast Guard Surges Near Haiti, Cuba, and Florida to Block Mass Migration

The U.S. Coast Guard is sending more resources to deal with “mass migration” into the United States through its maritime border, according to an announcement Tuesday from the maritime law enforcement agency’s commandant. “Per the President’s Executive Orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets—cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces—to increase Coast Guard presence and focus,” acting Coast Gu…

1 month ago·New York, United States

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Staten Island Advance

This U.S. military service branch is already using Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ in official documents

Just one day into President Donald Trump’s second term, a U.S. military service branch has begun using the words “Gulf of America” to describe what has been known as the Gulf of Mexico for centuries. The U.S. Coast Guard on Jan. 21 issued a press release titled “Coast Guard announces immediate action in support of Presidential Executive Orders,” the U.S. Sun reported.

1 month ago·Richmond County, United States

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