TSA, Coast Guard and Trump
The head of the Transportation Security Administration said he was pushed out of President Trump’s new administration. TSA Administrator David Pekoske told staff late Monday morning that he had been advised by Trump’s transition team that “my time as your Administrator will end at noon ET today,
Pekoske, who began serving as the Administrator of the TSA in 2017, has been told to step down by the inaugurated Trump administration with immediate e
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.
US President Donald Trump rapidly revamped the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing key figures including TSA and Coast Guard leaders. Aviation security oversight was notably affected, with advisory group eliminations raising safety concerns.
David Pekoske, head of the TSA, was ousted by Trump's administration. A former vice commandant of the Coast Guard, he served as TSA Administrator since 2017. Concerns arose over TSA actions, including adding Tulsi Gabbard,
The effort is meant to “to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba,” according to a statement.
A military surge is descending on South Florida as the Coast Guard plans to crack down on people coming into the country illegally.
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The aviation security committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
Trump’s removal of Adm. Linda Fagan, who made history as the first woman to lead a U.S. military service, is the first of several potential leadership changes.
MIAMI (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday night that it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.