President Donald Trump The decision to send a naval warship to help safety on the southern border sends a strong message to deterring those who could think about moving to the USA by sea, says one expert.
“It’s unusual, you usually see land forces, but it’s still smart,” Fox News Digital Alfuil, former chief of the US Citizenship Office and Latin American engagement director on the American Principles project.
Comments come as USS seriousDestroy guided Arleigh Burke rockets, assisted in helping the border security efforts to Trump’s executive commands, the Navy statement said on Saturday.
“The sea sea in the sea improves our ability to protect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and safety of the United States,” said General Gregory Guillot of the Northern Command of the United States, which was in charge of military operations at the border.
President Trump deployed US USS to help with a border security surgery. (Getty Images | Dvids)
The primary mission of the USS, which has already abandoned the naval weapon in Yorctown, Virginia, for the border mission, will be patrolling the US Bay in search of drug smuggers, military officials said.
The USS serious arrangement shows the dedication of the Navy “the fight against terrorism associated with maritime time, spreading weapons, transnational crime, piracy, environmental destruction and illegal immigration sea sea, adding that the war ship will improve” jamic efforts on borders “and” fulfill critical boundaries “for boundaries.
“Not only is it vital that the United States has control over our border across the country,” Pentagon chief Sean Parnell reporters said on Monday. “It is equally important to control our territorial waters, and this arrangement directly supports the North Command Mission to protect our sovereignty.”
Aguilar noted that army He has already played a big role in helping the southern land border, making the Navy at sea the next natural step.
Navies Man Ribbons as Arleigh Burke-Class destroyer USS destroyer George P. Coleman in Yorktown, Va, March 20, 2025 (US Navy Photo of Mass Communication 1st Class Ryan Williams)
“That’s what the army calls for projection,” Aguilar said. “It’s a great way to distract those who want to try to get to the US through the sea … It’s a show forces.”
Aguilar has argued that the arrangement of the Navy will help supplement the operations already performed by the US Coast Guard and will also improve the capacity of the coastal guard, covering more seas and sending a strong message to those who are turning to the seas as an alternative to land crossings.
“As well as the forces on the land that provides a supporting balance of the border patrol … The Navy will do the same thing, providing support to the coastal guard in the ban and implementation … immigration outdoor sea activities,” Aguilar said.
Aguilar also noticed the schedule time, claiming that it fits into what the land forces have already achieved on the border Under Trump.
American Marines with 1. Combat Engineering Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Connection of Concert Wire on Engineering Roons on the Barrier along the southern border near San Ysidro, California, March 2, 2025 (Photo by the US Army of PFC. Dominic Atlas)
“The numbers have fallen, even the number of people trying to [to cross the border] The sea, but that’s still a route, “Aguilar said.” What we have seen is that every time we close the door is trying to find another way to enter. So we have to close our land border, but we also have to close and enter the USA “
Stephen Sorace Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
