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 this 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 Brittany King 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 Scott Schutt` Jacksonville Coast Guard

20 Matt Berta Land O' Lakes Army

21 Moniz Arthur Kissimmee Navy

22 George J. Martin Sr. St Petersburg Army

23 ric apenna 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 Michael Galyean 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 Jonathan 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 Ronald McKinney Tampa Army

48 Thomas R.Rock Venice, FL Army

49 james bayonne miami Coast Guard

50 Jennifer L Brande Miami Army

51 Howard Brande Miami Marine Corps

52 Ray Burger Pompano Beach Army

53 John Langdon Beverly Hills Army

54 Melanie Winters Cocoa Beach Navy

55 Roger Shepherd Tallahassee Army

56 Patricia Cenek West Palm Beach Army

57 William Hamlett Inverness Army

58 Joe Bass St Pete Navy

59 Darwin Busa Fort Pierce Marine Corps

60 John Cunnally MT. Dora Navy

61 CAPT JOHN A. RODGAARD MELBOURNE Navy

62 Aldo Giovannini Jacksonville Navy

63 Oral Shaw Land o Lakes Marine Corps

64 Mike Lynch Pensacola Air Force

65 Edward Murphy Boynton Beach Marine Corps

66 Henry Stevens Foet Lauderdale Army

67 Fred Merrill Freeport Army

68 Pamela Powers Destin Navy

69 Bobby Rogers Ft Lauderdale Florida Air Force

70 Linda Goins Ocala Navy

71 Margaret Dirsa-DuBois Fort Pierce Army

72 Michael Radell Bradenton Army

73 Robert Schicker Crestview Air Force

74 Peter Happenny Hollywood Army

75 Lula Chase Dade City Army

76 FRED DAVIS TAMPA Army

77 Thomas Pine Jensen Beach Army

78 Christopher Dahl West Palm Beach Marine Corps

79 Robert Good Boynton Beach Army

80 Michael Monday Fort Lauderdale Air Force

81 James Sanders Ocala Army

82 D Burks Hunt Gainesville Navy

83 Jim Alexander Winter Park Air Force

84 Diana Dore Tampa, FL Army

85 James Smith Orlando Army

86 John Neil Brooksville Army

87 Clifford Melanson Eustis Army

88 Michael Preston New Port Richey Army

89 Jose Arroyo Tampa Army

90 Phil Corya Ormond Beach Air Force

91 Joseph Armstrong Venice Navy

92 Douglas Jackson Orlando Marine Corps

93 Veronica Denise Green St. Johns Army

94 Lewis Robinson Fort Myers Marine Corps

95 Steven Schaefer Sarasota Marine Corps

96 David Farmer Englewood Army

97 Lori Wallace Gulf Brreze Navy

98 Patrick McGinnis Vero Beach Air Force

99 James O'Gara Largo, fl Army

100 LTC Howard Ordo Royal Palm Beach Army

101 Benedict McAlevey Riviera Beach Navy

102 Michael Sheridan Largo 33773 Air Force

103 Denise Schuster Crestview Air Force

104 bill boden lady lake Air Force

105 Jim Loveland St. Petersburg Army

106 Dan Vandermeer Saint Petersburg Army

107 Linda Sanders Ocala Army

108 Dian Markward BREVARD county Air Force

109 Gordon McDougall North Port Army

110 Peter J. Scalco Crawfordville Navy

111 Will Atkins Tampa Air Force

112 Elizabeth Blackmon Ruskin Army

113 Paul Stephens Naples Navy

114 Christopher Cano Tampa Air Force

115 Patrick McCann Lake Worth Air Force

116 Nicola Giorgio Largo Army

117 John Neil Brooksville Army

118 Robert Drogalis Orlando Navy

119 Timothy Doyle Cocoa Air Force

120 Brenda Smith Tallahassee Navy

121 Penix The Villages Air Force

122 Rik Albani Key Biscayne Navy

123 Kimberly Jarvis Merritt Island Navy

124 V Minner Panama City Navy

125 ROBERT HOSKINS PANAMA CITY Air Force

126 Robert Haney Pensacola Navy

127 Don Hotchkiss Boynton Beach Air Force

128 Heather Elizondo Vega Gotha Army

129 LYN GRIMES Dunedin Army

130 Fred vonbrook Bonita Springs Army

131 M S Dillon III groveCoconut Coast Guard

132 Gordon wujek The Villages Army

133 Jackie Smith Pensacola Air Force

134 Hamilton Ross Bonita Springs Air Force

135 Tom Keen Orlando Navy

136 John Sproat, Jr Englewood Army

137 Laura Elliott Altamonte Springs Air Force

138 Terry Elliott Altamonte Springs Army

139 Natalie Vickery Middleburg Army

140 Travis Akers Jacksonville Navy

141 Karla Perez Ave Maria Navy

142 Vance Ahrens Melbourne Navy

143 Stephan Wyland Clearwater Air Force

144 Brenda Rivera Jacksonville Beach Navy

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

146 Gretchen Zeigler Melbourne Air Force

147 Lillian Palmer Belleview Army

148 Christian Reyes Orlando Army

149 Angela dotman Tampa National Guard

150 Hector Velazquez Santiago Saint Cloud Army

151 Michael McDaniels Melbourne Army

152 Paul Smits Homosassa Army

153 Deena Stanley Clearwater Army

154 Amanda Bertrand The Villages Air Force

155 Larry Tolliver Riverview Air Force

156 Rita Fox Lecanto Army

157 Cainan Cape Coral Navy

158 Matt Wilson Orlando Navy

159 Melissa Rubley Minneola Navy

160 Jeffrey Morris Melbourne Army

161 Richard Shaffett Sarasota Navy

162 Stanley Gray Milton Navy

163 Sharon Nunley Dunedin Marine Corps

164 Anna Tanzilla Plant City Air Force

165 James Haney Punta Gorda Marine Corps

166 Gwendolyn Cooper Orlando Army

167 Lori Forster Austin St. Petersburg Air Force

168 Scott Camil Micanopy Marine Corps

169 Laurie Steurer Ponte Vedra Beach Navy

170 Henry Nicols Wildwood Army

171 Robin Kwasneski Sarasota Marine Corps

172 Victor Torres Orlando Marine Corps

173 John Grim Orlando Army

174 Matt Hopkins Orlando Army

175 George McZeal Orlando Army

176 John Schiavo Boynton Beach Air Force

177 David Dubinsky Oldsmar Marine Corps

178 Nick Stefan Tallahassee Air Force

179 Eric Rhodes Largo Marine Corps

180 Charles Coward Spring Hill Air Force

181 John Rice Fort Myers Marine Corps

182 Patrick McCnn Lake Worth Air Force

183 Virginia Bryant Punta Gorda Army

184 David Zeller Weeki Wachee Army

185 Lindsay King Ocoee Navy

186 Teresa Blumenauer DeLand Army

187 Mirinda Hunter Orlando Army

188 Robert Crowell Winter Park Marine Corps

189 Jo Anne Masar Destin Army

190 Diana Ocasio Lakeland Navy

191 Greg Nunn Orlando Marine Corps

192 Robert Cipriani Orange City National Guard

193 Wilson E Blount Dade City Air Force

194 Stephen Copple DeLand Navy

195 Angelo Musco Orange Park Army

196 Margaret Sizemore Dunellon Air Force

197 Robert W Lopeck West Palm Beach Navy

198 Charles W Keller III Live Oak Army

199 Carolyn Patton Cocoa Beach Air Force

200 Shawn Stone Jacksonville Navy

201 Stephanie Silberman Green Cove Springs Navy

202 Ronald Bell Orange Park Navy

203 Harold Logan Bradenton Army

204 John Williams Jacksonville Navy

205 Nicholas Previsich Palmetto Air Force

206 Alan Madison Vero Beach Navy

207 George Adriaansen Temple Terrace Navy

208 Barbara Snyder Auburndale Air Force

209 Homer Sargent Largo Air Force

210 Raymond Richardson Tampa Marine Corps

211 Patrick Helms Altamonte Springs Marine Corps

212 Kristina Garo Riverview Air Force

213 Jason Garo Riverview Air Force

214 Jack Washburn Palm Harbor Air Force

215 Tom Pine Jensen Beach Army

216 Jennifer Sizemore Viera Army

217 Lesa McComas Key West Navy

218 Damian Niolet Gainesville Air Force

219 Jannette Cisneros Bradenton Army

220 Ken McGurn Gainesville Army

221 Mark Hodges St. Augustine Marine Corps

222 Douglas Alachua Army

223 Laurent Gilbert The Villages Army

224 Lew A “Lincoln” Welge Gainesville Army

225 Robbin Davis Hobe Sound Army

226 L. L. Condra Gainesville, Florida Army

227 Henry del Valle Miami Navy

228 Howard Gainesville Navy

229 Scott Martin Cocoa Air Force

230 Penny Lane Stuart Navy

231 James Carles Homestead Navy

232 Ian Guzman Ft Lauderdale Coast Guard

233 Alvin Cruz Parrish Coast Guard

234 Nicholas Tardi Deltona Navy

235 Roberto Mendez Land O Lakes Air Force

236 James Zimmerman Hawthorne Army

237 Lorraine Roy Orlando National Guard

238 Dulce Salgado Fleming Island Navy

239 Joseph Salgado Fleming Island Navy

240 Bosch Rogers Ocala Navy

241 ANONYMOUS Oviedo Army

242 Joanne Tinsley Kissimmee Army

243 Robert Miller Rockledge Air Force

244 Brenda Rivera Jacksonville Beach Navy

245 Steven Schecter Titusville Air Force

246 Alfred Mason Orlando Air Force

247 Eddie Rodriguez Tampa Air Force

248 Chris Luman Oviedo Navy

249 Hamilton Ross Bonita Springs Air Force

250 Robert Mock Clermont Navy

251 Alpha Conners Spring Hill Navy

252 Rickey McClung Ocala Army

253 Vincent Zeller Deltona Air Force

254 Robert Lloyd Leesburg Navy

255 Steven G Sena Palm Coast Navy

256 Kenneth Weir Ocala Air Force

257 Mark Krok Melbourne Air Force

258 James Little Altamonte Springs Air Force

259 Robyn Gransden Ocoee Navy

260 Ronald Scintilla Clermont Navy

261 James Burkshire Kissimmee Army

262 Lazaro Montalvo Palm Bay Air Force

263 Tom Paddock Melbourne Air Force

264 Michael Goodwin Ocala Air Force

265 James D White Orlando Fl. Marine Corps

266 Ron Randolph Orlando Army

267 Paul Dooley Summerfield Army

268 Richard Smith Leesburg Air Force

269 Randy Wilson Deltona Air Force

270 Gregory Latner Palm Bay Air Force

271 Brian Carlin Palm Coast Air Force

272 Robert Isenegger Rockledge Air Force

273 Tim Capps Oviedo Air Force

274 Doug Helliesen Key West Coast Guard

275 Alan S Lanz Oviedo Navy

276 Howard Mattison Ocala Army

277 EM Orlando Air Force

278 Chandra Das Tallahassee Navy

279 Garland Morris DeBary Marine Corps

280 George Klaes Bayonet Point Navy

281 William Cook Palm Coast Navy

282 VC Cruz Orlando Army

283 Louis Kelly New Port Richey Marine Corps

284 Dennis Horazak Orlando Army

285 Kimberly Jarvis Merritt Island Navy

286 Vic Ogilvie Altamonte Springs Air Force

287 Phillip Sprinkle INGLIS Army

288 Emmanuel Merced Orlando Florida Army

289 David Rhoads Orlando Army

290 John Abeel Orlando Air Force

291 Charles D. Bates, Jr Orlando Marine Corps

292 ANONYMOUS Cocoa Space Force

293 Larry Adams Orlando Air Force

294 Robert Wilson Ormond Beach Air Force

295 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl Air Force

296 Jim Turney Altamonte Springs Army

297 howard hotaling palm coast Air Force

298 Frank Cockren Orlando Navy

299 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl. Air Force

300 Vincent Colavolpe Boynton Beach Army

301 Nancy Moreno Sanford Air Force

302 Leon Holder Ocoee Fl. Air Force

303 Marshall Heckaman Ft Wayne Indiana Navy

304 Richard Williams Milton Air Force

305 Bob Rutigliano Cocoa Navy

306 Mel Watson Ormond Beach Navy

307 Perry Echelberger Sanfird Army

308 John Nichiniello Palm Bay Air Force

309 Charles Gruner Flagler Beach Navy

310 Jennifer Vazquez Deltona Army

311 ANONYMOUS Casselberry Army

312 Michael clifford Clermont Navy

313 Rich Eubanks Ocala Air Force

314 David Pugh Milton FL Marine Corps

315 Robert Bowles Winter Park Marine Corps

316 Craig Doan Cocoa Navy

317 Peter Reed Winter Springs Air Force

318 Agustin monserrate Orlando Navy

319 Mary McKinney Titusville Air Force

320 James McKinney Titusville Air Force

321 Anonymous Deltona Army

322 Marilyn Simeon Orlando Army

323 Ken Griffin Leesburg Navy

324 Miguel Ramos Orlando Navy

325 Howard Erlick Ormond Beach Army

326 Bob Reynolds Orange Park Air Force

327 Eddie Robinette Bradenton Army

328 Craig Dickie Sarasota Army

329 Robert Breakell Pompano Beach Marine Corps

330 Paula Edwards Orlando Army

331 ANONYMOUS Melbourne Air Force

332 Thomas Rosenheim Naples Navy

333 Steve Renico The Villages Army

334 Alexander Hernandez Miami Air Force

335 David Kielbowick No where National Guard

336 Stephen Simmons Pinellas Park Army

337 John Storer Hudson, Wi Air Force

338 Bonnie Adams Orlando Army

339 Raymond Biechele Winter Springs Air Force

340 David Benson Ocala Air Force

341 Joshua Carrasco Orlando Marine Corps

342 Linnea Knauer The Villages Navy

343 Bruce Patton Richmond VA Marine Corps

344 Chris H. Atlantic Beach Army

345 Chris Croteau Wilton Manors Marine Corps

346 Jeffery Ingram Melbourne Army

347 Gary Nord Lady lake Marine Corps

348 David Benson Ocala Air Force

349 Jeffery Ingram Melbourne Army

350 Brian S Jacksonville Army

351 Marvin Carroll Sanford Marine Corps

352 Michael Gunn Lakeland Air Force

353 Jim Holzenberg North Miami Beach Coast Guard

354 Russell Hoffner Rockledge Air Force

355 Mandie Marron Jacksonville Navy

356 Phil Ehr Miami Navy

357 Luis Rojas Deltona Marine Corps

358 Carl Gregory Vernon Army

359 James Dewey DadeCity Marine Corps

360 Bill Metallo Winter Park Army

361 Michael Such Crawfordville Marine Corps

362 Paul Nieles Minneola Marine Corps

363 Arthur L Northen Jr Melbourne Air Force

364 Rodney Johnson Kissimmee Navy

365 Tiffani Rodriguez Orlando Navy

366 Justin Rodriguez Orlando Navy

367 Pablo Otero Orlando Army

368 Mark Hankins Ocala Marine Corps

369 John Nelson Orlando Army

370 Jennifer Marquez Indialantic Army

371 Shawn Orlando Army

372 Paul Ruchlin Winter Garden Navy

373 Antonio Rosa DeLeon Springs Marine Corps

374 Marcia Rosa DeLeon Springs Air Force

375 Gus Hernandez Bonita Springs Navy

376 Justin Kennedy DeBary Army

377 Mark Andrews Saint Cloud Navy

378 Richard Tomasello Jupiter Marine Corps

379 Holly Newman Merritt Island Army

380 Gordon Christiansen Titusville Marine Corps

381 Colon Barco Oxford Navy

382 Sherrie Norwood Altamonte Springs Army

383 Peter Hwang Cocoa Army

384 Peter Cartwright Orlando Marine Corps

385 Hunter Combart Ocala Army

386 Paul Cartwright St. Cloud Marine Corps

387 Barbara Gannon Orlando Army

388 Kevin Caceres Miami Army

389 Andrew Abshier Sarasota Navy

390 Igor Rangel Orlando Army

391 Cameron Jacks Lake Mary Marine Corps

392 John A Polizzi Palm Coast Army

393 Wyatt Current Orlando Navy

394 Thomas Trotta Naples Army

395 Nicholas Mason Winter Park Marine Corps

396 Barbara Brien Kissimmee Army

397 Alexander Hopkins Orlando Navy

398 Lawrence Dominguez Orlando Navy

399 Mary Martinez Oviedo Marine Corps

400 Harry Rabb St. Petersburg Air Force

401 Keth Luke New Port Richey Army

402 Rik Albani Key Biscayne Navy

403 Eugene Hildebrand St. Cloud Navy

404 Raymond Collins Miami Navy

405 David Dunbar Orlando National Guard

406 Joshua Blank Tallahassee Navy

407 William Kearns Lynn Haven Army

408 David Dunbar Orlando National Guard

409 Rick Cass Stuart Navy

410 Mathew Kowalewski Orlando National Guard

411 Beau Bennett Islamorada Air Force

412 Joy Metzler Cocoa Air Force

413 Michelle Steigrod Orlando Army

414 James Tashjian Orlando Air Force

415 Robert Mills Inverness Army

416 Edward Murphy Dunedin Army

417 David Dempster Bokeelia Navy

418 Kenneth Koskosky Port Orange Air Force

419 Joseph A Marion IV Homestead Coast Guard

420 Ligia Cohen Tampa Navy

421 ANONYMOUS Jacksonville Navy

422 Atiba Snaggs Saint Cloud Army

423 Robert Apodaca Orlando Air Force

424 Walter Williams Jacksonville Air Force

425 Christine Strang Orlando National Guard

426 Angie De Bree Jupiter Coast Guard

427 Samuel Harwood Orlando Marine Corps

428 Jacqueline Haagenson West Palm Beach Air Force

429 Jeff Muhlenkamp Rockledge Navy

430 John Queen Tampa Army

431 Joe Doherty Cape Coral Air Force

432 Robert Jones Tallahassee Marine Corps

433 Carol Barkalow St Pete Beach Army

434 Ramon Gonzalez Miami Air Force

435 Dawn L. Cline Port Salerno Air Force

436 Chris Simmons Orlando Army

437 Dorothy Butala Daytona Beach Army

438 Federico Goyzueta Bradenton Army

439 Anthony Chavez Orlando Army