US EditionNational Guard Prepares 20,000 Troops for Immigration Crackdown
- The Department of Homeland Security requested 20,000 National Guard troops in May 2025 to assist ICE in a large-scale immigration arrest and deportation operation across the U.S.
- This deployment request followed aggressive directives by top officials like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, who in a May 21 meeting demanded ICE agents increase daily arrests to 3,000.
- Internal emails from senior ICE officials urged agents to creatively increase arrests, including pursuing collateral encounters that might lead to detentions without warrants.
- Operation at Large involves over 5,000 federal agents, 3,000 ICE agents, 21,000 Guard members, and Justice Department employees to enforce arrests and deportations, as confirmed by multiple reports.
- Senator Jack Reed noted this marks the first time National Guard troops might enforce immigration within the U.S., raising legal and ethical questions about domestic military involvement.
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DHS memo details how National Guard troops will be used for immigration enforcement
The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.
20,000 National Guard Troops Poised For Border Crackdown As Pentagon Reviews Request
Army officials indicated that the Trump administration is preparing to provide 20,000 National Guard troops to help crack down on illegal immigration, though the Pentagon said it is still reviewing the decision. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Gen. Randy George signaled at a Thursday Senate hearing that National Guard troops are being prepared to assist […] 20,000 National Guard Troops Poised For Border Crackdown As Pentagon Reviews Request
'New kind of Achilles heel': Trump's latest law enforcement plan may blow up in his face
In order to accomplish his campaign promise of deporting millions of immigrants during his second term, President Donald Trump is having to dip into other federal law enforcement agencies' personnel. Now, one analyst is suggesting this could prove politically costly for the administration.On Thursday, The New Republic's Greg Sargent wrote that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's crusade to deport record numbers of immigrants is re…
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Conservative Daily NewsPentagon Gearing Up To Provide 20,000 Troops For Immigration Clampdown
Army officials indicated that the Trump administration is preparing to provide 20,000 National Guard troops to help crack down on illegal immigration.
Stephen Miller Launches Largest Removal Operation in History
Stephen Miller has mobilized agencies, The FBI, Marshal’s service, potentially National Guard, Homeland Security have cleared their desks and are expected to commit to the largest removal operation in history. Background ICE’s 25 Enforcement Removal Operations, or ERO, field office directors and 25 Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, special agents in charge attended a meeting […] The post Stephen Miller Launches Largest Removal Operation …
The administration’s new mass deportation plan is transforming the entire federal security apparatus into an immigration office. Under the direct pressure of Stephen Miller — the country’s immigration policy architect — agencies such as the FBI, the DEA and even the IRS are reassigning staff to help ICE meet a goal: 3,000 immigration arrests per day. Many of them’s crime? No papers, no criminal record. Although national security is officially sp…
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