The USS Gravely, a Navy destroyer, is making its way from Yorktown, Va. toward the waters off the Texas coast.

The Trump administration is taking the unusual step of deploying a Navy warship off the waters of the U.S. as part of its broader crackdown on security and migration along the Mexico border.

Navy warship USS Gravely has deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to President Donald Trump's executive orders.