Three different advocacy organisations representing military families said they had heard from dozens of affected service members who expressed discomfort about being drawn into a domestic policing operation outside their normal field of operations. The groups said they have heard no countervailing opinions.

“The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,” said Sarah Streyder of the Secure Families Initiative, which represents the interests of military spouses, children and veterans. people hold signs that read 'ice out of LA' Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say Read more

“Families are scared not just for their loved ones’ safety, although that’s a big concern, but also for what their service is being used to justify.”