Marines Headed for Florida to Aid ICE, and ‘The Hill’ Gets It Wrong

President Trump is sending 200 Marines to assist with ICE operations in Florida. This move will no doubt draw the attention of the left and the legacy media (but I repeat myself) and, in this case, for no real reason; the Marines won’t be out there rounding up illegal aliens.

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Even “The Hill” has to grudgingly admit that.

The Trump administration is sending some 200 Marines to Florida to aid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its deportation raids in the state, the U.S. military announced Thursday. 

The Marines, which will come from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 based in New River, N.C., will support ICE in its “interior immigration enforcement mission” via “critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed” by the agency, according to a statement from U.S. Northern Command (Northcom).

The release noted that the Marines are just the “first wave” of service members to help

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