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Washington Post
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
200 Marines sent to Florida to support ICE, U.S. Northern Command says
Around 200 Marines are heading to Florida to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, U.S. Northern Command said Thursday, noting that it was the 'first wave' of the organization's planned support for ICE operations in several states. Service members from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 will 'focus on administrative and logistical tasks' and are 'specifically prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involvement in any aspect of the custody chain,' the command said in a statement.
Sky News AU
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Donald Trump admin deploying 200 Marines to Florida to support ICE deportation raids
The Trump administration is sending 200 Marines to Florida to provide support for ICE deportation raids across the Sunshine State, military officials announced Thursday. The mobilization of Marines was revealed by US Northern Command and came in response to a May request for military assistance from the Department of Homeland Security. The Marines will aid the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 'interior immigration enforcement mission,' according to a statement from US Northern Command. Other deployments are expected in Louisiana and Texas, officials revealed. They will be 'prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involved in any aspect of the custody chain,' US Northern Command said. The Florida deployment comes after 700 Marines were sent to Los Angeles last month, joining National Guards troops, to help handle the anti-ICE riots that raged in the city. California Gov. Gavin Newsom lambasted the military mobilizations, accusing President Trump of escalating the situation. Back in May, the Department of Homeland Security requested more than 20,000 National Guard members to fill their ranks for the president's illegal immigration crackdown, The New York Times reported. Originally published as Donald Trump admin deploying 200 Marines to Florida to support ICE deportation raids
India Today
03-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
US military sends 200 Marines to support immigration enforcement in Florida
The US military will send 200 Marines to Florida to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with administrative and logistical work. On Thursday, the military made the announcement. This is the first group of military personnel to assist ICE under the US Northern Command's to US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), the Marines will only carry out non-law enforcement duties inside ICE facilities. "Approximately 200 Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, are conducting a movement to Florida, to augment US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission with critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE," the command said in a statement. advertisement"Responding to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) request received May 9, 2025, the Secretary of Defence approved a mobilisation of up to 700 Active, National Guard, and Reserve component forces operating under Title 10 authority," it SUPPLIES, AND SUPPORT TASKS Their jobs will focus on paperwork, organising supplies, and other support tasks. "Service members participating in this mission will perform strictly non-law enforcement duties within ICE facilities. Their roles will focus on administrative and logistical tasks, and they are specifically prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involvement in any aspect of the custody chain," the command said. This move comes as the first group of immigration detainees arrived at a new detention centre in Florida's Everglades. The centre has been named "Alligator Alcatraz" by President Donald Trump and other officials because of its remote location and strict DETENTION CENTRE IN FLORIDAThe new facility can initially house roughly 3,000 detainees and is situated on land close to a training airport. Built in just eight days, it is heavily guarded by about 400 security personnel, 28,000 feet of barbed wire, and more than 200 centre will receive immigrants who are apprehended by Florida police under the federal 287(g) program. Under this ICE program, local officers can question and detain immigrants for potential Pentagon authorised the deployment of up to 700 military personnel to assist with ICE operations in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas last month. Earlier in June, President Trump dispatched 700 Marines to Los Angeles to support immigration officers conducting raids to apprehend US citizens.- EndsMust Watch
CNN
25-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
US military expected to announce two new zones where service members can detain migrants on southern border, officials say
The US Navy and Air Force are expected to announce the establishment of two additional military zones along the US southern border this week, three US officials told CNN. The zones, which are known as National Defense Areas, will be attached to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, the officials said. The NDA around Joint Base San Antonio will include roughly 250 miles of the Rio Grande River, two of the officials added. The NDA near MCAS Yuma will extend over 100 miles along the border, the third official said. The new zones will bring the total count up to four, after the establishment of the Texas National Defense Area attached to Fort Bliss, Texas, in May, and the New Mexico National Defense Area attached to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, in April. 'The establishment of a second National Defense Area increases our operational reach and effectiveness in denying illegal activity along the southern border,' US Northern Command commander Gen. Gregory Guillot said after the establishment of the Texas National Defense Area. 'This is the second area in which Joint Task Force – Southern Border service members who are already detecting and monitoring through stationary positions and mobile patrols nearby can now temporarily detain trespassers until they are transferred to an appropriate law enforcement entity.' US troops are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activities by the Posse Comitatus Act. But the defense areas are treated as extensions of military installations, allowing service members to temporarily detain migrants who are trespassing before handing them off to law enforcement, conduct cursory searches of trespassers, and conduct crowd-control measures. Democratic lawmakers have criticized the defense areas as a way to side-step the act. Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking member of the Senates Armed Services Committee, said last month that the NDAs 'evade the long-standing protections of the Posse Comitatus Act by allowing military forces to act as de facto border police, detaining migrants until they can be transferred to Customs and Border Protection.' 'In the Administration's telling, this approach permits military involvement in immigration control without invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807,' Reed said. 'This is both unprecedented and a legal fiction. Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico also raised concerns to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth last month that the Trump administration is 'bypassing due process for individuals who either intentionally or unintentionally enter this newly restricted area.' Service members began directly detaining migrants in June. The Department of Justice only just got its first convictions related to trespassing in the NDAs this month. According to the Justice Department, two individuals pleaded guilty to charges including trespassing into the New Mexico National Defense Area. In both cases, the individuals were apprehended by Border Patrol agents. Dozens of national security charges against migrants were dropped by a judge in New Mexico earlier this month after they found little evidence that the migrants knew about the defense areas. The establishment of the new defense areas comes as over 4,000 National Guard troops and roughly 700 active duty Marines are currently mobilized in the Los Angeles area, in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.
Bloomberg
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Deploys 2,000 More National Guard Troops to Los Angeles
The Trump administration activated 2,000 additional National Guard soldiers in California, even as the state's governor clashes with the White House over deploying troops. US Northern Command said in a statement Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the troops to protect federal functions, personnel and property in Los Angeles. US Northern Command said the members will not conduct law enforcement, and are completing training on 'de-escalation, crowd controls and use of the standing rules for use of force' ahead of joining other soldiers.
