The Trump administration announced plans Monday to mobilize the U.S. Coast Guard to secure the Rio Grande against illegal immigration and drug trafficking at the southern border in “Operation River Wall.”
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem said hundreds of personnel and over 100 boats, shallow watercraft, tactical teams, and other assets will be deployed to eastern Texas.
The new operation will run along the Coast Guard’s Rio Grande sector and involve about 260 miles of the Rio Grande Valley.
The Coast Guard has honed “the unique capabilities and experience needed to secure this complex environment,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated….