The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.

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

Linda Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, was fired from a position she’s held for more than two years, according to an announcement sent to the service Tuesday morning. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman relieved her of command,

An Anxious Federal Workforce Bids Goodbye to Job Stability and Remote Work ,” the Wall Street Journal writes, noting, “In early executive actions, Trump moved to order government workers back to the office full-time and watered down job protections.

Commandant Linda Fagan had received bipartisan criticisms from members of Congress who accused the USCG of resisting oversight.

The United States Coast Guard announced Wednesday it will immediately deploy additional vessels, aircraft, and specialized forces to bolster maritime

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated amid border, recruitment concerns, "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) is immediately increasing the number of cutters, aircraft, and other assets it deploys to “key” border areas to support executive orders

The US maritime law enforcement agency will be increasing its presence in Florida to detect and prevent migrants from Haiti and Cuba. It will also increase focus on maritime borders in Hawai and Alaska.

Coast Guard members opened fire off the coast of San Diego on a vessel smuggling people into the U.S. after two Mexican men on the boat attempted to evade a service patrol by ramming into them.

KXAN's Avery Travis sit down with Joshua Blank, the Director of Research for the Texas Politics Project, who speaks on the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump and their affect on Texas,