Trump Admin Sending Hundreds of Marines to Florida to Help ICE

The U.S. military announced on Thursday that 200 Marines will be dispatched to Florida to offer logistical and administrative assistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to the statement, these Marines represent the initial phase of U.S. Northern Command’s support for ICE’s enforcement initiatives.

“Service members involved in this operation will engage solely in non-law enforcement roles within ICE facilities,” USNORTHCOM stated in a release.

In June, President Donald Trump deployed 700 Marines to mitigate protests against deportation actions conducted by ICE officials in Los Angeles.

Critics raised alarms regarding the treatment of migrants by federal authorities and the tactics used by immigration officers during the raids, despite the fact that these operations were executed under lawful directives from federal authorities.

Both Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom expressed their opposition to the deployments, arguing that they would heighten tensions.

The military emphasized that the Marines will be tasked exclusively with administrative and logistical support within ICE facilities.

“Approximately 200 Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina, are en route to Florida to enhance U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission by providing essential administrative and logistical support at locations designated by ICE,” U.S. Northern Command detailed in its statement.

Strict regulations will be enforced to prevent the Marines from directly interacting with individuals in ICE custody or participating in the custody process.

The announcement, which likely pertains to the comprehensive deployment of troops in Louisiana and Texas, indicates that these deployments mark the first wave of assistance from U.S. Northern Command for ICE operations in the area.

In June, the Pentagon authorized the deployment of up to 700 Defense Department personnel to assist ICE operations across the three states.

“These service members, sourced from all branches and operating under Title 10 duty status, will deliver logistical support and perform administrative and clerical tasks related to the processing of illegal immigrants at ICE detention centers,” stated Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell in a statement on June 17 regarding the assistance.

“They will not engage directly in law enforcement activities,” Parnell further noted.

This announcement comes as the U.S. job market continues to progress steadily, despite media assertions of ‘increasing economic uncertainty’ and the alleged ‘effects’ of Trump’s tariffs.

In June, the economy added an unexpectedly strong 147,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate decreased to 4.1% from 4.2%, according to data released on Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The job gains in June surpassed the forecast of 117,500 and represented a notable increase from May’s total, which was revised upward by 5,000 jobs to 144,000. April’s gains were also adjusted upward by 11,000, resulting in a net increase of 158,000 jobs.

This marks a departure from the Biden administration, during which the Labor Department frequently revised job figures downward in subsequent months.

The revisions, along with the data released on Thursday, suggest that the average job growth over the last three months stands at 150,000. “Stocks opened higher following the jobs report. The Dow increased by 96 points, or 0.22%.

The broader S&P 500 rose by 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed by 0.6%,” CNN reported. Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz commended Trump during an appearance on Fox Business Network on Thursday after the Labor Department published its statistics.

“Kudos to President Trump because this three-legged stool of his has proven to be very effective: the trade, taxes, and deregulation combined. It’s all about Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!” he remarked.

On his Truth Social page, Trump also shared a video of a Bloomberg report in which the analyst commented on the labor figures: “This is good news; much better than anticipated. … In our survey, economists were expecting [the