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The Trump medication is sending immoderate 200 Marines to Florida to assistance Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successful its deportation raids successful the state, the U.S. subject announced Thursday.
The Marines, which volition travel from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 based successful New River, N.C., volition enactment ICE successful its “interior migration enforcement mission” via “critical administrative and logistical capabilities astatine locations arsenic directed” by the agency, according to a connection from U.S. Northern Command.
The merchandise noted that the Marines are conscionable the “first wave” of work members to assistance ICE successful its deportation efforts, with different deployments expected successful Louisiana and Texas.
Northcom stressed that work members participating successful this ngo volition execute “strictly non-law enforcement duties” wrong ICE facilities, with roles focused connected administrative and logistical tasks.
“They are specifically prohibited from nonstop interaction with individuals successful ICE custody oregon engagement successful immoderate facet of the custody chain,” according to the statement.
The Marines’ mobilization was successful effect to a Department of Homeland Security petition made to the Pentagon connected May 9, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approving a mobilization of up to 700 active, National Guard, and Reserve constituent forces.
President Trump, successful his 2nd term, has utilized the subject importantly much successful his migration docket compared to his first. The medication has sent 8,500 work members to the U.S.-Mexico borderline and 5,000 successful Los Angeles - including 700 Marines - to support buildings and ICE agents who person received pushback owed to sweeping migration raids.
And connected Wednesday, the Pentagon announced that conscionable under 70 Florida National Guard troops volition supply basal campy information astatine the distant migrant detention halfway successful the state’s Everglades known arsenic “Alligator Alcatraz.”
