Pentagon: 1,700 troops to assist ICE in 19 states

(NewsNation) — Pentagon officials confirmed to NewsNation that 1,700 military troops volition beryllium mobilized to 19 states to assistance with migration enforcement.

"The Secretary of Defense has authorized this enactment done mid-November, but arsenic with immoderate mission, retains the authorization to set oregon widen that timeline arsenic needed for the mission," a Department of Defense official.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell archetypal announced the work presumption change of 1,700 troops connected July 25, moving Title 10 Marine Corps unit to Title 32 presumption arsenic National Guard.

The cognition "includes lawsuit management, proscription and logistical support, and clerical enactment for the in- and out-processing of amerciable aliens astatine ICE detention facilities," the quality merchandise said past month.

The troops volition deploy to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming, per the DOD authoritative who spoke to NewsNation connected background.

“This is simply a separate ngo from the D.C. enactment mission. Additional questions connected unit enactment to ICE should beryllium directed to the idiosyncratic states supporting the mission," the spokesperson said.

Governors successful aggregate Republican-led states person supported President Donald Trump's transgression crackdown successful D.C.