The night of Thursday, July 3, the North Command of the United States – one of the eleven controls Fighters Unified from the department of Defense– announced that more than 200 Marines were sent to Florida to provide administrative and logistics support to the customs migration and control service (ICEfor its acronym in English).
“Marine infants based on North Carolina They are being transferred to Florida to reinforce the mission of Migratory control of ICE in the United States, through support logistic and administrative at the points determined by the Department of Defense, “said the North Command through a release In social networks.
“These marines are the first support wave of the North Command for this mission. In addition, the other deployment points will include Louisiana and Texas, where service members will perform tasks within the facilities, exclusively in functions administrative and Logistics”ICE reported on their respective digital platforms.
Given this situation, the United States National Security Department assured that Marines have “expressly forbidden“Direct contact with Immigrants under the custody of ICE, as well as any participation in the chain of custody; Unlike National Guard forces In Los Angeles, California.
Marines in Florida to support ICE’s raids
On Wednesday, July 2, the United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsethreferred to the administrative and logistic support of the department to the Immigration and Customs Control Service, and authorized the mobilization of up to 700 Marines In support of ICE in Florida, Louisiana and Texasto collaborate in raids migratory.
“These service members, from all the commands of the Nation, will provide support logistic and will perform administrative and office functions associated with the processing of foreigners illegal In ICE detention centers, but they will not participate directly in activities to apply the law, “said Hegseth.
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“This support provides resources clue To support the ICE mission, by freeing the personnel in charge of enforcing the law to concentrate on their tasks operational. It is important to remember that the Department of Defense remains very committed to reaching 100% of the operational control of the borders“Pete added.
As last, the secretary assured that the department of Security National and the Department of Defense They will work together to become the federal agency leader In this critical effort against migrants undocumented And to maintain sovereignty, the integrity Territorial and population safety in the United States.
On the other hand, at the beginning of July, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpvisited a new undocumented immigrants detention center in Floridaknown as “The Alcatraz de los Caimanes “. The enclosure has capacity for more than a thousand people, who will be surrounded by this kind of reptileconsidered aggressive.
Given the circumstances, the mobilization of the troops reflects the response of the Republican president to the protests against the raids of the ICE, carried out in the main cities of the country. Therefore, it is expected that in the next few days increase Immigrant captures undocumented throughout the American territory.
In Accordance with the June 17th Department of Defense Statement (https://t.co/jqjyly3thx), Usnorthcom Announces 200 Marines Are Going to Florida to Provide Administrative and Logistical Support to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.https://t.co/wp2xfmj5op pic.twitter.com/jh5snhezvz
– US Northern Command (@usnortherncmd) July 3, 2025