Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security is requesting extensive military support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, citing an overwhelming surge in immigration enforcement demands that has stretched civilian law enforcement capacity beyond its limits. Administration officials argue that the current immigration crisis constitutes a national security emergency requiring all available federal resources, including military personnel and facilities, to restore control of the nation’s borders and remove those in the country illegally. The administration’s justification centers on ICE being fundamentally understaffed and under-resourced for the scale of enforcement operations needed to address what President Trump has declared an “invasion” at the southern border. With DHS housing nearly 57,000 people in immigration detention facilities designed for…
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