The San Diego-based destroyer USS Spruance was sent to sea Saturday to help “restore territorial integrity at the U.S. southern border”, the United States Northern Command said in a statement.

US forces have deployed another missile-equipped destroyer to patrol waters near the US-Mexico border. This comes as President Donald Trump intensifies immigration measures, according to CNN. A press release from US Northern Command states that the USS Spruance destroyer,

The U.S. Northern Command announced it will be deploying the USS Spruance, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, near the southern border as part of its border security operations. In a press release,