ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
Source: NBC News
March 30, 2026, 7:11 PM EDT / Updated March 30, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT
WASHINGTON ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nations newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps.
As the U.S. continues the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, U.S. passports or U.S. birth certificates to access any sites.
Undocumented immigrants are generally ineligible for federal REAL IDs and dont have U.S. passports or birth certificates. So people without identifying documents who arrive at the gate of Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina, for recruit family days and graduation events this week may now have to answer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the Marine Corps said.
Because of increased force protection measures at the recruit depot, "federal law enforcement personnel will be present at installation access points to conduct enhanced screening and lawful immigration status inquiries during recruit family and graduation days, a message on the Parris Island website read. While sometimes family members dont have proper documentation, it wasnt clear why ICE had decided to station at Parris Island.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ice-agents-will-stationed-marine-corps-graduation-events-south-carolin-rcna265941
More Waste. Fraud. Abuse. with this new Storm Trooper force.
Vinca
(53,992 posts)GB_RN
(3,560 posts)And I cannot emphasize this enough, the absolute F**K?!?!
Scrivener7
(59,521 posts)orangecrush
(30,256 posts)I would love to watch the Marines affected have a friendly chat with Miller.
magicarpet
(18,509 posts)... on the ground in Iran to "protect American democracy".
Oh for God's sake,... just draft Barron trDUMP and send him directly to Iran on the preliminary ground invasion force of conquest and death.
hlthe2b
(113,957 posts)Angry, young buff marines versus pudgy grandma's basement-living, Cheetos-addicted ICE agents? Hmm, what a visual.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,605 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,162 posts)FakeNoose
(41,631 posts)Just because someone doesn't have their ID, it doesn't mean this person is an illegal immigrant. It could just as well mean, "we forgot to tell Grandma" or maybe "I left it at home."
BradBo
(1,012 posts)mdbl
(8,650 posts)Needs a bunch of biscuit-ab'd dorks protecting them? Truly bizarro world.
blue-wave
(5,123 posts)Is doing everything it can think of to destroy our country. Will the US survive? Can we make it to the midterms and 2028? Will we be able to fix all the damage?
GiqueCee
(4,254 posts)... the fact that I have heard first-hand accounts from an active duty service member that 95% of his fellow enlistees are rabid Trump-humpers. The young fellow in question was one of them, but, I am relieved to report, he has since seen the light.
He did some homework after his grandmother, who raised him, told him not to bother coming home or calling her until he'd done the minimum of research necessary to see what an evil sonofabitch Trump actually is. She gave him the Cliff Notes version of Trump's history, he followed up, and was aghast at how ill-informed he and his buddies really were.
One small happy ending.
h2ebits
(1,002 posts)GiqueCee
(4,254 posts)... loquacious, so I'm sure he's doing his best to spread the word of sanity!
Bristlecone
(11,111 posts)This admjn is gross on every level.
GiqueCee
(4,254 posts)... it was not my service I was referring to, it was a dear friend's grandson.
When I went for my draft physical back in April of 1966, I got a 1Y instead of a 1A because I was too light for my height. Hard to believe, looking in the mirror now! Then they went to the lottery and I got a high number. Literally, the luck of the draw is the only reason I'm here now, pushing 80, instead of being another name on the Viet Nam Memorial.
Bristlecone
(11,111 posts)Sarcasm was to have been implied.
GiqueCee
(4,254 posts)... the subtlety eluded me.
Aviation Pro
(15,578 posts)These newly minted Marines will brook no bullshit from these fucking washed up failures.
The brother and sisterhood will stand up to these wastes of zygotes.
Shipwack
(3,064 posts)These young women and men have just spent several weeks being conditioned to obey authority figures.
I can see someone ignoring programming to protect a family member, but not necessarily his buddies
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purr-rat beauty
(1,255 posts)Like All Lives Matter
ChicagoTeamster
(953 posts)Why do the service branches even go along with this?
Farmer-Rick
(12,667 posts)During graduation day. If Grandmother doesn't have a driver's license and can't find her birth certificate, she just needed to come in the office and name the graduate and they would give her a pass. Most times the graduate gives her name to the front gate office and has a pass waiting.
It gets very crowded and one problem will back up the traffic for miles.
How is ICE doing anything to help in this process?
It's as if Pedo Trump and the drunk Hegseth don't understand what a very special day this is for the graduates. Would they stage ICE outside the Naval Academy on graduation day? Or outside Harvard and Yale during graduation?
BumRushDaShow
(169,746 posts)That will be next. This is just the pilot test. They are doing ethnic cleansing.
orangecrush
(30,256 posts)And they don't care.
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,212 posts)Satan.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,142 posts)He must suffer here before he suffers anywhere else.
Martin68
(27,741 posts)underpants
(196,493 posts)Ill ask him. Im pretty sure he has a passport but I dont know if its still valid.
F-18_AMO
(23 posts)they are looking for immigrants who are stealing jobs.
/s
JMCKUSICK
(6,048 posts)"Mom, don't come to my graduation, you might get arrested." How absolutely traumatizing for that recruit.
Aviation Pro
(15,578 posts)..
malthaussen
(18,567 posts)"Hoo-rah, Marine!"
-- Mal
BidenRocks
(3,266 posts)Outside these gates is the biggest threat to the Constitution in our history.
Go!
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,461 posts)HappyLarge
(87 posts)Particularly during an unpopular war.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,142 posts)They will be searching social media and anything else they can find to check and see if the families are loyal.
If they find out that they have said anything bad against Derp Fuhrer... well...