Retired 3-Star General: National Guard And ICE Deployments In U.S. Cities ‘Scare The Hell Out Of Me’

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré warns that the administration’s immigration approach and deployments of U.S. troops to major cities risk domestic unrest and blur military-civilian lines. He links National Guard support to aggressive immigration enforcement and criticizes leadership decisions driving the strategy. The interview highlights legal and reputational risks, including Posse Comitatus concerns, amid rising deployments tied to ICE operations. His remarks add a high-profile military voice to an accelerating national pattern of Guard involvement in immigration enforcement.