Florida, July 4 -- The U.S. military will deploy 200 Marines to Florida to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with administrative and logistical tasks. This is the first group of military personnel to assist ICE under the US Northern Command's plan.

According to US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), the Marines will only carry out non-law enforcement duties inside ICE facilities. "Approximately 200 Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, are conducting a movement to Florida, to augment US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission with critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE," the comm...