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Images of camouflage uniforms moving through ICE detention centers are already circulating, triggering anger among immigrant-rights groups who see an unmistakable message of intimidation. Defenders argue the military is simply easing an overwhelmed system, freeing ICE personnel for fieldwork and processing backlogs. In communities along the southern corridors, the deployment is read less as a technical adjustment and more as a symbol: a government willing to bring the tools of war to its own borders.