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Marines in Florida Want Greater Latitude to Deal With Illegals and Protesters
By
 Michael Baxter
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July 4, 2025

Two hundred gung-ho Marines supporting the Department of Homeland Security’s deportation mission arrived in Florida last night, after the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, told President Trump that local LEOs and ICE agents were under siege in communities densely packed with illegal aliens.

US NORTHCOM and General Eric M. Smith approved the deployment, and 200 Marines from Camp Lejune departed North Carolina for Florida on Thursday evening. Although heavily armed and capable of neutralizing any threat, the Marines were issued strict orders forbidding them from making arrests unless they came under fire or observed illegals or protesters engaged in acts of domestic terrorism. They have been granted authority to “temporarily detain” suspected illegals