The move follows the dismissal of Coast Guard Commandant Linda Lee Fagan, the first military officer fired under Trump.

The effort is meant to “to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba,” according to a statement.

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President Donald Trump repealed a Biden administration program to temporarily allow in more than half a million migrants from ...

Under the Biden administration, migrants from embattled countries could apply for entry for humanitarian reasons, without ...