Coast Guard to 'Surge Assets' to South Florida to Comply with Trump's Executive Order
Miami Herald | By David Goodhue
Published January 22, 2025 at 9:18am ET
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday night that 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 announcement comes the same day the acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman fired Adm. Linda Fagan as commandant of the Coast Guard, which is responsible for maritime security. Fagan was not only the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, but also the first woman in uniform to head any branch of the country’s armed forces.
Although the Coast Guard is a military branch, it falls under the command of Homeland Security since it’s also a federal law enforcement agency.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/22/coast-guard-surge-assets-south-florida-comply-trumps-executive-order.html
