A growing number of military veterans and serving officers have spoken out against President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles, calling it a misuse of executive power that puts soldiers’ lives at risk.
The move to send 700 Marines to protests as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented migrants marked a “major shift in civilian-military norms and a dangerous precedent”, said Janessa Goldbeck, a Marine Corps veteran.
“When I joined the Marine Corps I took an oath to the constitution, not to a person, not to a party,” said Goldbeck. “I believe that the military exists to defend our republic and not to serve the political ambitions of one person.”
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