ICE deports Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Commandant vows swift justice, new Sergeant Major by close of business
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz on Monday, officials confirmed, marking the first time the nation’s senior enlisted Marine has been tackled mid-motivational speech and whisked across international borders.
Ruiz, who was born in Sonora, Mexico, had been visiting the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, an infantry battalion sent to the city of Los Angeles in what Trump administration officials and non-deployed Marines have characterized as a deployment. According to witnesses, Ruiz was addressing the battalion’s Marines when he was targeted.
“I know there are a lot of things you might be worried about right now,” Ruiz began. “You look at the news and worry about what’s going on in the world. You go home and worry about each other. But I want you to stop worrying for a moment and let me talk to you about the legacy left to us by the Marines who came before us, and that amazing feeling of just being a Marine. When I get to press that eagle, globe, and anchor into the hands of new Marines, as someone who wasn’t born in this country but chose it…”
“He’s an immigrant, get him!” shouted a nearby ICE agent.
A group of masked agents then tackled Ruiz, pressed his face to the pavement, and handcuffed him. The Marines Ruiz had been speaking to looked quizzically at their leaders for guidance, but somehow all of those leaders managed to be looking in a different direction as Ruiz was hauled to his feet, forced into an unmarked vehicle by unidentified men, and transported across state lines to frustrate any attempts to file habeas corpus petitions.
Ruiz’s detention follows a growing number of highly publicized detentions and deportations that have touched the Marine Corps. These have included the detention of Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre’s wife, Paola, and the Rodney King-style beating of Narciso Barranco, the father of three Marines. But Ruiz’s detention marks the first time a uniformed member of the Marine Corps has been targeted.
Perhaps due to Ruiz’s high profile, the senior leaders of the Marine Corps have been quick to comment.
“This is a totally unacceptable situation,” said Gen. Eric Smith, Commandant of the Marine Corps. “The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is in many ways the caretaker of the soul of the Marine Corps; this deportation threatens to thoughtlessly rip out that soul entirely.”
“That is why we need to act immediately to find a new Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps as quickly as possible,” Smith continued.
At press time, a habeas petition had been successfully filed for Ruiz, but he had reportedly already been handed over to prison officials in El Salvador, over which U.S. courts have no jurisdiction.
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