Approximately 200 Marines from Support Squadron 272 have been deployed to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Florida, which marks the first of many ICE support deployments throughout the country,

On Tuesday, June 1, President Donald Trump toured the newly-established immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades. This 5,000-bed facility, controversial for its surrounding alligator-infested waters, symbolizes the stringent measures of his immigration policies.

Florida’s controversial new immigration detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is set to begin holding its first group of detainees, just two days after US President Donald Trump visited the site.