Dear Elected Officials,

As military veterans who proudly wore the uniform, we are deeply concerned by the reported deployment of active-duty U.S. Marines to Florida in support of ICE deportation operations—including in Orlando and at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in the Everglades.

This is wrong.

Military troops are not trained for law enforcement. We were trained for combat—to fight and win wars, not to police American communities. Inserting troops into domestic law enforcement undermines public safety and risks escalating tense situations. We saw this firsthand when Marines were deployed to Los Angeles last year, and a fellow Marine Corps veteran was mistakenly arrested while en route to a VA appointment.

Blurring the line between military and law enforcement weakens the foundation of a free society. Increasingly, ICE officers and local police wear tactical gear and uniforms that mimic combat troops. The more indistinguishable we become, the more the public begins to associate the military with political crackdowns and fear—not service and sacrifice.

This trend must stop. We call on President Trump, Governor DeSantis, members of Florida’s congressional delegation, and local officials in Orlando and Miami-Dade to oppose the misuse of the U.S. military for immigration enforcement.

We swore an oath to the Constitution—and the law makes clear what the U.S. military is for, and not for. Using Marines to participate in ICE operations on U.S. soil dishonors that oath.

Signed,

[Names, Florida hometowns, and branch of service of Veteran signers]

1 Alexander McCoy Orlando Marine Corps

2 Michael Adams Orlando Marine Corps

3 Fred Robinson Apopka Marine Corps

4 Carrie Lee Gainesville Army

5 Joshua Bowes Orlando Army

6 Gordon McDougall North Port Army

7 Celeste Ogletree Orlando Navy

8 Robert Koch St. Petersburg Army

9 Larry McKenzie Cocoa, Fl. Army

10 Billy Mccurdy Groveland Navy

11 Harry Rabb St. Petersburg Air Force

12 ANONYMOUS Daytona Beach Army

13 Daniel Goodermont Ocoee Army

14 Donald Walker St Petersburg Navy

15 Hector M Segui Clermont Army

16 Cesar Calle Weston, FL Marine Corps

17 Stanassia Banks Kissimmee Marine Corps

18 Roger Smith spring hill Air Force

19 ANONYMOUS Jacksonville Coast Guard

20 Matt Berta Land O’ Lakes Army

21 Moniz Arthur Kissimmee Navy

22 George J. Martin Sr. St Petersburg Army

23 ANONYMOUS sarasota Navy

24 Brenda Smith Tallahassee Navy

25 Diane McAlister West Palm Beach Navy

26 Harlan Helms Havana Army

27 Dave Crabb Oxford Navy

28 Robert D. Schachner, DVM Plantation Air Force

29 Larry Kelley West Palm Beach National Guard

30 Cristian Ortiz East Orlando (Waterford Lakes area) Marine Corps

31 William Carbley Largo Navy

32 Mmichael Rodrigues Dade City Army

33 ANONYMOUS Winter Park Marine Corps

34 Millard Johnson The Villages Air Force

35 Roger Lemire Panama City Navy

36 Estan J Rodriguez Tallahassee Air Force

37 Barry, Anita Hastings Navy

38 ANONYMOUS Merritt Isldand Air Force

39 Beau Bennett Islamorada Air Force

40 John Chetney St Petersburg Army

41 John Conner Coconut Creek Army

42 Brown, Larry M. Sun City Center Air Force

43 Richard Day The Villages Air Force

44 Bobby Drummond Interlachen Navy

45 Sean Vallieu Venice Navy

46 William O'Hara Indian Harbour Beach Navy

47 ANONYMOUS Tampa Army

48 Thomas R.Rock Venice, FL Army

49 james bayonne miami Coast Guard

50 Jennifer L Brande Miami Army

51 Doris Weather Seffner Army

52 Howard Brande Miami Marine Corps

53 Ray Burger Pompano Beach Army

54 John Langdon Beverly Hills Army

55 Melanie Winters Cocoa Beach Navy

56 Roger Shepherd Tallahassee Army

57 Patricia Cenek West Palm Beach Army

58 William Hamlett Inverness Army

59 Joe Bass St Pete Navy

60 Darwin Busa Fort Pierce Marine Corps

61 John Cunnally MT. Dora Navy

62 CAPT JOHN A. RODGAARD MELBOURNE Navy

63 Aldo Giovannini Jacksonville Navy

64 ANONYMOUS Land o Lakes Marine Corps

65 Mike Lynch Pensacola Air Force

66 Edward Murphy Boynton Beach Marine Corps

67 Henry Stevens Foet Lauderdale Army

68 Fred Merrill Freeport Army

69 Pamela Powers Destin Navy

70 Bobby Rogers Ft Lauderdale Florida Air Force

71 Linda Goins Ocala Navy

72 Margaret Dirsa-DuBois Fort Pierce Army

73 Michael Radell Bradenton Army

74 Robert Schicker Crestview Air Force

75 Peter Happenny Hollywood Army

76 Lula Chase Dade City Army

77 FRED DAVIS TAMPA Army

78 Thomas Pine Jensen Beach Army

79 Christopher Dahl West Palm Beach Marine Corps

80 Robert Good Boynton Beach Army

81 Michael Monday Fort Lauderdale Air Force

82 James Sanders Ocala Army

83 D Burks Hunt Gainesville Navy

84 Jim Alexander Winter Park Air Force

85 Diana Dore Tampa, FL Army

86 James Smith Orlando Army

87 John Neil Brooksville Army

88 Clifford Melanson Eustis Army

89 Michael Preston New Port Richey Army

90 Jose Arroyo Tampa Army

91 Phil Corya Ormond Beach Air Force

92 Joseph Armstrong Venice Navy

93 Douglas Jackson Orlando Marine Corps

94 Veronica Denise Green St. Johns Army

95 Lewis Robinson Fort Myers Marine Corps

96 Steven Schaefer Sarasota Marine Corps

97 David Farmer Englewood Army

98 Lori Wallace Gulf Brreze Navy

99 Patrick McGinnis Vero Beach Air Force

100 James O'Gara Largo, fl Army

101 LTC Howard Ordo Royal Palm Beach Army

102 Benedict McAlevey Riviera Beach Navy

103 Michael Sheridan Largo 33773 Air Force

104 Denise Schuster Crestview Air Force

105 Bill Boden lady lake Air Force

106 Jim Loveland St. Petersburg Army

107 Dan Vandermeer Saint Petersburg Army

108 Linda Sanders Ocala Army

109 Dian Markward BREVARD county Air Force

110 Jim Loveland St. Petersburg Army

111 Robert Schicker Crestview Air Force

112 Gordon McDougall North Port Army

113 Peter J. Scalco Crawfordville Navy

114 Will Atkins Tampa Air Force

115 Elizabeth Blackmon Ruskin Army

116 Paul Stephens Naples Navy

117 Christopher Cano Tampa Air Force

118 Patrick McCann Lake Worth Air Force

119 Nicola Giorgio Largo Army

120 John Neil Brooksville Army

121 Robert Drogalis Orlando Navy

122 Timothy Doyle Cocoa Air Force

123 Brenda Smith Tallahassee Navy

124 Penix The Villages Air Force

125 Rik Albani Key Biscayne Navy

126 Kimberly Jarvis Merritt Island Navy

127 ANONYMOUS Panama City Navy

128 ROBERT HOSKINS PANAMA CITY Air Force

129 Robert Haney Pensacola Navy

130 Don Hotchkiss Boynton Beach Air Force

131 Heather Elizondo Vega Gotha Army

132 LYN GRIMES Dunedin Army

133 Fred vonbrook Bonita Springs Army

134 M S Dillon III groveCoconut Coast Guard

135 Gordon wujek The Villages Army

136 ANONYMOUS Pensacola Air Force

137 Hamilton Ross Bonita Springs Air Force

138 Tom Keen Orlando Navy

139 John Sproat, Jr Englewood Army

140 Laura Elliott Altamonte Springs Air Force

141 Terry Elliott Altamonte Springs Army

142 Natalie Vickery Middleburg Army

143 Travis Akers Jacksonville Navy

144 Karla Perez Ave Maria Navy

145 Vance Ahrens Melbourne Navy

146 Stephan Wyland Clearwater Air Force

147 Brenda Rivera Jacksonville Beach Navy

148 John Bud Cunnally ERC (SS) Ret USN MT. Dora Navy

149 Gretchen Zeigler Melbourne Air Force

150 Lillian Palmer Belleview Army

151 Christian Reyes Orlando Army

152 Angela dotman Tampa National Guard

153 Hector Velazquez Santiago Saint Cloud Army

154 Michael McDaniels Melbourne Army

155 Paul Smits Homosassa Army

156 Deena Stanley Clearwater Army

157 Amanda Bertrand The Villages Air Force

158 Larry Tolliver Riverview Air Force

159 Rita Fox Lecanto Army

160 Cainan Cape Coral Navy

161 Matt Wilson Orlando Navy

162 Melissa Rubley Minneola Navy

163 Jeffrey Morris Melbourne Army

164 Richard Shaffett Sarasota Navy

165 Stanley Gray Milton Navy

166 Sharon Nunley Dunedin Marine Corps

167 Anna Tanzilla Plant City Air Force

168 James Haney Punta Gorda Marine Corps

169 Gwendolyn Cooper Orlando Army

170 Lori Forster Austin St. Petersburg Air Force

171 Scott Camil Micanopy Marine Corps

172 Laurie Steurer Ponte Vedra Beach Navy

173 Henry Nicols Wildwood Army

174 Robin Kwasneski Sarasota Marine Corps

175 Victor Torres Orlando Marine Corps

176 John Grim Orlando Army

177 Matt Hopkins Orlando Army

178 George McZeal Orlando Army

179 John Schiavo Boynton Beach Air Force

180 David Dubinsky Oldsmar Marine Corps

181 Nick Stefan Tallahassee Air Force

182 Eric Rhodes Largo Marine Corps

183 Charles Coward Spring Hill Air Force

184 John Rice Fort Myers Marine Corps

185 Patrick McCnn Lake Worth Air Force

186 Virginia Bryant Punta Gorda Army

187 David Zeller Weeki Wachee Army

188 Lindsay King Ocoee Navy

189 Teresa Blumenauer DeLand Army

190 Mirinda Hunter Orlando Army

191 Robert Crowell Winter Park Marine Corps

192 Jo Anne Masar Destin Army

193 Diana Ocasio Lakeland Navy

194 Greg Nunn Orlando Marine Corps

195 Robert Cipriani Orange City National Guard

196 Wilson E Blount Dade City Air Force

197 Stephen Copple DeLand Navy

198 Angelo Musco Orange Park Army

199 Margaret Sizemore Dunellon Air Force

200 Robert W Lopeck West Palm Beach Navy

201 Charles W Keller III Live Oak Army

202 Carolyn Patton Cocoa Beach Air Force

203 Shawn Stone Jacksonville Navy

204 Stephanie Silberman Green Cove Springs Navy

205 Ronald Bell Orange Park Navy

206 Harold Logan Bradenton Army

207 John Williams Jacksonville Navy

208 Nicholas Previsich Palmetto Air Force

209 Alan Madison Vero Beach Navy

210 George Adriaansen Temple Terrace Navy

211 Barbara Snyder Auburndale Air Force

212 Homer Sargent Largo Air Force

213 Raymond Richardson Tampa Marine Corps

214 Patrick Helms Altamonte Springs Marine Corps

215 Kristina Garo Riverview Air Force

216 Jason Garo Riverview Air Force

217 Jack Washburn Palm Harbor Air Force

218 Tom Pine Jensen Beach Army

219 Jennifer Sizemore Viera Army

220 Lesa McComas Key West Navy

221 Damian Niolet Gainesville Air Force

222 Jannette Cisneros Bradenton Army

223 Ken McGurn Gainesville Army

224 Mark Hodges St. Augustine Marine Corps

225 Douglas Alachua Army

226 Laurent Gilbert The Villages Army

227 Lew A “Lincoln” Welge Gainesville Army

228 Robbin Davis Hobe Sound Army

229 L. L. Condra Gainesville, Florida Army

230 Henry del Valle Miami Navy

231 Howard Gainesville Navy

232 Scott Martin Cocoa Air Force

233 Penny Lane Stuart Navy

234 James Carles Homestead Navy

235 ANONYMOUS Ft Lauderdale Coast Guard

236 Alvin Cruz Parrish Coast Guard

237 ANONYMOUS Deltona Navy

238 Roberto Mendez Land O Lakes Air Force

239 James Zimmerman Hawthorne Army

239 Lorraine Roy Orlando National Guard

240 Dulce Salgado Fleming Island Navy

241 Joseph Salgado Fleming Island Navy

242 Bosch Rogers Ocala Navy

243 ANONYMOUS Oviedo Army

244 Joanne Tinsley Kissimmee Army

245 Robert Miller Rockledge Air Force

246 Brenda Rivera Jacksonville Beach Navy

247 Steven Schecter Titusville Air Force

248 Alfred Mason Orlando Air Force

249 Eddie Rodriguez Tampa Air Force

250 Chris Luman Oviedo Navy

251 Hamilton Ross Bonita Springs Air Force

252 Robert Mock Clermont Navy

253 Alpha Conners Spring Hill Navy

254 Rickey McClung Ocala Army

255 Vincent Zeller Deltona Air Force

256 Robert Lloyd Leesburg Navy

257 Steven G Sena Palm Coast Navy

258 Kenneth Weir Ocala Air Force

259 Mark Krok Melbourne Air Force

260 James Little Altamonte Springs Air Force

261 Robyn Gransden Ocoee Navy

262 Ronald Scintilla Clermont Navy

263 James Burkshire Kissimmee Army

264 Lazaro Montalvo Palm Bay Air Force

265 Tom Paddock Melbourne Air Force

266 Michael Goodwin Ocala Air Force

267 James D White Orlando Fl. Marine Corps

268 Ron Randolph Orlando Army

269 Paul Dooley Summerfield Army

270 Richard Smith Leesburg Air Force

271 Randy Wilson Deltona Air Force

272 Gregory Latner Palm Bay Air Force

273 Brian Carlin Palm Coast Air Force

274 Robert Isenegger Rockledge Air Force

275 Tim Capps Oviedo Air Force

276 Doug Helliesen Key West Coast Guard

277 Alan S Lanz Oviedo Navy

278 Howard Mattison Ocala Army

279 EM Orlando Air Force

280 Chandra Das Tallahassee Navy

281 Garland Morris DeBary Marine Corps

282 George Klaes Bayonet Point Navy

283 William Cook Palm Coast Navy

284 VC Cruz Orlando Army

285 Louis Kelly New Port Richey Marine Corps

286 Dennis Horazak Orlando Army

287 Kimberly Jarvis Merritt Island Navy

288 Vic Ogilvie Altamonte Springs Air Force

289 Phillip Sprinkle INGLIS Army

290 Emmanuel Merced Orlando Florida Army

291 David Rhoads Orlando Army

292 John Abeel Orlando Air Force

293 Charles D. Bates, Jr Orlando Marine Corps

294 ANONYMOUS Cocoa Space Force

295 Larry Adams Orlando Air Force

296 Robert Wilson Ormond Beach Air Force

297 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl Air Force

298 Jim Turney Altamonte Springs Army

299 howard hotaling palm coast Air Force

300 Frank Cockren Orlando Navy

301 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl. Air Force

302 Vincent Colavolpe Boynton Beach Army

303 Nancy Moreno Sanford Air Force

304 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl. Air Force

305 Marshall Heckaman Ft Wayne Indiana Navy

306 Richard Williams Milton Air Force

307 Bob Rutigliano Cocoa Navy

308 Mel Watson Ormond Beach Navy

309 Perry Echelberger Sanfird Army

310 John Nichiniello Palm Bay Air Force

311 Charles Gruner Flagler Beach Navy

312 Jennifer Vazquez Deltona Army

313 ANONYMOUS Casselberry Army

314 Michael clifford Clermont Navy

315 Rich Eubanks Ocala Air Force

316 Michael clifford Clermont Navy

317 David Pugh Milton FL Marine Corps

318 Robert Bowles Winter Park Marine Corps

319 Craig Doan Cocoa Navy

320 Peter Reed Winter Springs Air Force

321 Agustin monserrate Orlando Navy

322 Mary McKinney Titusville Air Force

323 James McKinney Titusville Air Force

324 Anonymous Deltona Army

325 Marilyn Simeon Orlando Army

326 Ken Griffin Leesburg Navy

327 Miguel Ramos Orlando Navy

328 Howard Erlick Ormond Beach Army

329 Bob Reynolds Orange Park Air Force

330 Eddie Robinette Bradenton Army

331 Craig Dickie Sarasota Army

332 Robert Breakell Pompano Beach Marine Corps

333 Paula Edwards Orlando Army

334 ANONYMOUS Melbourne Air Force

335 Thomas Rosenheim Naples Navy

336 Steve Renico The Villages Army

337 Alexander Hernandez Miami Air Force

338 Dennis Horazak Orlando Army

339 David Kielbowick No where National Guard

340 Stephen Simmons Pinellas Park Army

341 John Storer Hudson, Wi Air Force

342 Bonnie Adams Orlando Army

343 Raymond Biechele Winter Springs Air Force

344 David Benson Ocala Air Force

345 Joshua Carrasco Orlando Marine Corps

346 Linnea Knauer The Villages Navy

347 Bruce Patton Richmond VA Marine Corps

348 Chris H. Atlantic Beach Army

349 Chris Croteau Wilton Manors Marine Corps

350 Jeffery Ingram Melbourne Army

351 Gary Nord Lady lake Marine Corps