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

Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday, bringing sweeping changes that include suspending refugee resettlement, reinstating the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy, and terminating a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has long said he wanted to deport millions of migrants but never deported more than 350,000 a ...

Rubio’s remarks are the first high-level signal of Trump’s burgeoning policy toward one of the most pressing and intractable ...