There are nine Judge Advocate General (JAG) officers in Florida's National Guard who could be trained in as little as six weeks to be immigration officers, according to the state's plan for immigration. A spokesperson for the National Guard told the Miami Herald it has not received the official approval to initiate training for the JAG officers but was "standing by to provide support to this mission as needed and directed by Governor DeSantis."
But while Trump has the support of most Republicans for the order, Democrats are crying foul on both the use the National Guard and the holding center based in the unforgiving environment of the Everglades. Thomas Kennedy of the Florida Immigration Coalition decried the president's maneuver.