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 executive order gives the Department of the Interior 30 days to take “all appropriate action” needed to codify the new name.
The military service is sending additional resources to at least four other maritime borders as well. Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard’s acting commandant, who replaced Adm. Linda Fagan on Tuesday, shared that the Coast Guard will have an increased presence on the maritime borders around Alaska, Hawaii,
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