Trump’s government replaces ICE officials to fasten deportations
(MENAFN) The Trump administration has begun removing senior officials at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as top aides push for accelerated deportation efforts, according to reports.
Media outlets indicate that the White House plans to replace some regional ICE leaders with officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the personnel changes are reportedly already underway. Two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources told reporters that the administration favors CBP’s aggressive enforcement tactics, highlighting actions such as agents “rappelling into apartment buildings from Black Hawk helicopters and jumping out of rental trucks in Home Depot parking lots.”
“The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,” one DHS official said. “So CBP will do it.”
Reports indicate that ICE field office directors in at least eight major cities, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and New Orleans, are being replaced. The shake-up reflects “significant friction in Homeland Security as to how best to achieve more deportations,” according to coverage.
A Border Patrol agent defended the tougher approach, stating, “What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? (US border czar) Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table.”
The effort is reportedly being led in part by Corey Lewandowski, a DHS special employee and close ally of Secretary Kristi Noem. Previous reporting had indicated that major leadership changes at ICE were being prepared.
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