The Trump administration has deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops within the United States this year, according to exclusive figures provided to The Intercept by official military sources. That marks a 75 percent increase on the previous count offered by The Intercept in July.

These occupation forces , drawn from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and National Guard, have been operating under Title 10 authority , or federal control, in at least five states — Arizona, California , Florida, New Mexico, and Texas — in service of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda.

The true number of federal troops deployed may be markedly higher. When asked directly, Northern Command, which oversees military operations in North America, said it has no running tally of how many tr

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