Former ICE Chief Of Staff Blasts Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Move Amid LA Protests | EUROtoday

A former chief of employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ripped President Donald Trump’s administration for taking the “unprecedented” motion of deploying Marines and National Guard troops to protests in Los Angeles.

Jason Houser, who served below former President Joe Biden and as soon as was a high official within the Department of Homeland Security, instructed MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera that troops from these forces have by no means accompanied his previous company on operations.

“The National Guard has been focused on the rioters and protesters but when they finally jump that line and you begin to see National Guard, Marines carrying out domestic immigration enforcement, that’s a very scary line,” he mentioned, “both for law enforcement and also those migrants that were here legally, who had status and are now being targeted for arrest.”

Houser emphasised that the Marines’ coaching displays a “lethal tool” and, when it comes to nationwide safety, the U.S. wants them to maintain Americans secure from “global threats.”

“But to have Marines and National Guard to begin doing knocks and bangs on doors, going to get families, children, vulnerable populations — it’s not within their mission set or their training,” Houser mentioned.

As demonstrations proceed towards the president’s aggressive immigration insurance policies, images shared by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week confirmed National Guard troops defending federal immigration brokers as they made arrests in Los Angeles.

The president advised utilizing the National Guard to hold out his mass deportation marketing campaign final yr. Officials instructed the Associated Press that the troops weren’t taking part in enforcement actions however had been offering safety for brokers within the L.A. space as a substitute.

Houser confused that because the administration seeks to meet arrest quotas of non-criminal “vetted and screened” migrants, it’s “turning our national security apparatus away” to implement home immigration issues as a substitute.

In April, Houser struck the same tone in a New York Times op-ed and later knocked the administration on MSNBC for partaking in “dangerous political theater” by means of the misuse of federal legislation enforcement to “drive a narrative” that migrants looking for safety below the legislation are right here to hurt Americans.

“It’s risky, it’s risky for our Constitution, it is inhumane, it is against our American values and, quite frankly, it’s getting in the way of federal law enforcement carrying out the public safety protections that we need,” he instructed MSNBC on the time.