Search and rescue aircraft from US Coast Guard re-tasked to support migrant deportations

US Coast Guard HC-130H_2

Source: US Coast Guard

The Coast Guard says it has assigned fixed-wing transport aircraft to support President Donald Trump’s ongoing crackdown on migrants living in the USA illegally, with search and rescue platforms being used to ferry detainees to deportation processing centres in Texas and California.

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