The purpose of the deployment is “to augment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s interior immigration enforcement mission with critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE,” U.S. Northern Command said in a statement.
NORTHCOM described the move as the “first wave” of its support to ICE.
The announcement follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s mobilization of roughly 700 military personnel to assist ICE in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Based in North Carolina, the 200 Marines were deployed to “assist with immigration processing at locations across the state of Florida,” Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told CBS News.
Florida has recently become the home of a new immigration detention facility, called “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The site is located in the Everglades, an ideal
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