ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina

[BumRushDaShow]

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 nation’s 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 don’t 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 don’t have proper documentation, it wasn’t 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

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More Waste. Fraud. Abuse. with this new Storm Trooper force.

[Vinca]

1. Once again, going after the "worst of the worst."

[GB_RN]

2. What...

And I cannot emphasize this enough, the absolute F**K?!?!

[Scrivener7]

3. The gravy seals abusing and harassing marines. How's that going over among military families?

[orangecrush]

4. Harassing service members families.

I would love to watch the Marines affected have a friendly chat with Miller.

[magicarpet]

5. These young men will be the first boots,..

... 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]

6. Perhaps they will harass the wrong marine and his very loyal fellow marine friends...

Angry, young buff marines versus pudgy grandma's basement-living, Cheetos-addicted ICE agents? Hmm, what a visual.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Well THAT will certainly help the morale of the new Marines.

[Joinfortmill]

8. This is SICK!

[FakeNoose]

9. I hope the family members have been warned to "bring their ID's"

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]

10. Exactly why recruitment has dropped.

[mdbl]

11. So the marines, the most elite fighting force on the planet

Needs a bunch of biscuit-ab'd dorks protecting them? Truly bizarro world.

[blue-wave]

12. This administration

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]

13. The most sickening part of all this is...

... 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]

22. Hopefully, he is sharing his information with his fellow enlistees

[GiqueCee]

23. The boy is...

... loquacious, so I'm sure he's doing his best to spread the word of sanity!

[Bristlecone]

14. Thank you for your service!

This admjn is gross on every level.

[GiqueCee]

25. Thank you, but...

... 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]

32. I was referring to the Government's lip service towards troops

Sarcasm was to have been implied.

[GiqueCee]

36. Ah...

... the subtlety eluded me.

[Aviation Pro]

15. This is not going to end well for LICE

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]

27. Maybe, but probably not...

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….

[purr-rat beauty]

16. Support Our Troops is just a catch phrase

Like All Lives Matter

[ChicagoTeamster]

17. So their children are signing up to serve our country, and the parents will be arrested if they try to attend graduation

Why do the service branches even go along with this?

[Farmer-Rick]

18. They use to give out special visitors passes

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]

20. "Would they stage ICE outside the Naval Academy on graduation day?"

That will be next. This is just the pilot test. They are doing ethnic cleansing.

[orangecrush]

21. They understand

And they don't care.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

19. It's time for Stephen Miller to meet his maker,

Satan.

[OldBaldy1701E]

37. Only after rotting in a cell for many decades.

He must suffer here before he suffers anywhere else.

[Martin68]

24. Sounds like a dangerous situation.

[underpants]

26. I wonder if the 1st of 3 generations of Marines I know has a Real ID

I’ll ask him. I’m pretty sure he has a passport but I don’t know if it’s still valid.

[F-18_AMO]

28. Obviously

they are looking for immigrants who are stealing jobs.
/s

[JMCKUSICK]

29. My God, can you imagine...

"Mom, don't come to my graduation, you might get arrested." How absolutely traumatizing for that recruit.

[Aviation Pro]

30. Not recruit, Marine

…..

[malthaussen]

31. "Congratulations on graduating from training to protect the country that deports your parents."

"Hoo-rah, Marine!"

-- Mal

[BidenRocks]

33. All enemies, foreign or DOMESTIC!

Outside these gates is the biggest threat to the Constitution in our history.
Go!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

34. Thank you for your service. Now say adios to Abuela!

[HappyLarge]

35. That's sure to boost recruitment and retention.

Particularly during an unpopular war.

[OldBaldy1701E]

38. This has nothing to do with 'immigration'.

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...