It comes after the Trump administration fired Coast Guard commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, the armed forces' first female service chief who had served since 2022.

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

The Coast Guard is redeploying resources to target immigrants trying to get to US shores — part of an effort to fulfill President Trump’s new anti-migrant mandate, the federal agency said. The move comes in response to several executive orders signed by Trump within hours of returning to the White House on a mission to deport millions of illegal immigrants — and stop others from getting here.