Trump’s government begins ICE shake-up
(MENAFN) The Trump administration has begun removing senior officials at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as top aides aim to accelerate deportation efforts, according to reports.
Sources indicate the administration “is planning to replace some regional leaders” at ICE with officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the personnel changes are already “underway.”
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said the White House increasingly favors CBP’s aggressive 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.”
One DHS official explained: “The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done. So CBP will do it.”
Reports note that ICE field office directors in at least eight major cities, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and New Orleans, are being replaced, reflecting “significant friction in Homeland Security as to how to best to achieve more deportations.”
A Border Patrol agent defended the approach, saying: “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.”
DHS special employee Corey Lewandowski, an ally of Secretary Kristi Noem, is reportedly helping oversee the reshuffle. Reports also indicate that sweeping ICE leadership changes had been in preparation for some time.
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