Former ICE Chief Of Staff Blasts Trump's 'Unprecedented' Move Amid LA Protests
Source: Huff Post
Jun 12, 2025, 09:12 PM EDT
A former chief of staff of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ripped President Donald Trump’s administration for taking the “unprecedented” action of deploying Marines and National Guard troops to protests in Los Angeles.
Jason Houser, who served under former President Joe Biden and once was a top official in the Department of Homeland Security, told MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera that troops from those forces have never accompanied his old agency 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 said, “both for law enforcement and also those migrants that were here legally, who had status and are now being targeted for arrest.”
Houser emphasized that the Marines’ training reflects a “lethal tool” and, in terms of national security, the U.S. needs them to keep Americans safe 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 said.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-ice-jason-houser-la-protests-trump-immigration_n_684b55efe4b0c0ebae926509
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