An American navy torpedoer was deployed in the southern border during the weekend to help with the maritime efforts of the Trump government to stop illegal immigration And drug smuggling.
USS Serious, an Arleigh Burke class accompanied rocket destroyer, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown left in Virginia for a planned bet to the border between the US and Mexico to perform president Donald Trump’s Southern Border Executive Orders, said Marine officials in a statement on Saturday.
“The capacity of the Zeegaart van Grappel improves our ability to protect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and safety of the United States,” said General Gregory Guillot of US Northern Command.
Air Force Lt. Gene. Alexus Grynkewich, joint personnel director for Operations, told reporters on Monday that USS is seriously going to the Gulf of America to perform missions to intercept drug smugglers at sea.
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided rocket destroyer USS Grappel (DDG 107) returns to Marinestation Norfolk, July 14, 2024, which completes a nine-month bet at the Atlantic Ocean. (US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Anderson W. Branch)
Navy officials said that the commitment emphasizes the dedication of the Pentagon to “combat maritime related terrorism, weapon proliferation, transnational crime, piracy, environmental destruction and illegal immigration in the sea”.
USS Serious, which was previously deployed in the Red Sea To intercept rockets That the Houthis supported by Iran has been fired on commercial ships, “filling maritime efforts” and “filling gaps for critical possibilities” will improve to support the Ministry of Interior Security and Customs and Border Protection, said civil servants.
“This is an important step in the efforts of the entire government to seal the southern border and to maintain American sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Guillot said.
“It is not only of vital importance for the United States to have control over our border through country,” the main spokesperson for the Pentagon Sean Parnell told reporters on Monday. “It is just as important to control our territorial waters, and this bet immediately supports the mission of Northern Command to protect our sovereignty.”
A Coast Guard Captain told Fox News Digital Earlier this month there were about 200 migrant boat meetings near the San Diego coast, which attributed the increase in the increase in the Trump government in the country border protection.
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“They close the country border pretty well … where they got thousands a day. Now they are now in hundreds a day,” said Coast Guard District 11 Capt. Jason Hagen. “So, the migrants have to go somewhere. The smugglers have to move their activities somewhere. And we are starting to see an increase in the maritime environment.”
Hagen said that those who have encountered migrant boats are foreign nationals from American opponents.
“We are also starting to see an increase in other nationalities, which is a concern for national security, because it is not only your economic Mexicans who want to come to the United States for work,” said Hagen. “It is also … bad actors who come from other countries. We have seen that nationalities include Chinese, Russian, Uzbekistan (I), Pakistan (I). It’s really everywhere.”
Audrey Conklin from FOX News Digital has contributed to this report.
