US EditionTrump administration shakes up leadership at ICE amid frustrations with arrest, deportation levels: Report
- In 2025, the Trump administration implemented a significant leadership change at ICE, reassigning two top officials as part of efforts to increase immigration-related arrests nationwide.
- This action followed earlier leadership shifts and was prompted by ICE's failure to meet the deportation targets set by President Trump's administration, as well as internal arrest quotas.
- Kenneth Genalo, head of Enforcement and Removal Operations, retired, and Robert Hammer, leader of Homeland Security Investigations, was reassigned as new leaders took charge.
- White House deputy chief Stephen Miller set a goal of 3,000 arrests daily, aiming for one million deportations yearly, while officials said arrests have hovered around 1,000 daily.
- The reshuffle and resource expansion aim to accelerate deportations, though logistical challenges and agent concerns about national security impacts persist amid strained federal manpower.
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Soulia: Same law, different outrage: The politics of deportation - Vermont Daily Chronicle
Immigration enforcement is one of the most divisive issues in American politics, but when it comes to deportation numbers, the facts are clear: President Barack Obama deported more illegal aliens than any president in U.S. history.
After Leadership Shake-Up ICE Announces New Daily Deportation Target
ICE is ramping up deportations to at least 3,000 illegal immigrants per day following major leadership changes, doubling the original target set earlier this year. The move marks a renewed push by the Trump administration to reverse the immigration chaos left behind by Biden’s policies. Key Facts: ICE announced over half a dozen leadership changes, including the retirement of Kenneth Genalo and reassignment of Robert Hammer. New deportation goa…
A hearing on Tuesday in the immigration court in Van Nuys, California, was supposed to be a routine for a young Colombian family, the first step in what they hoped would be a successful asylum application. To their surprise, the judge informed Father Andrés Roballo that the government wanted to dismiss his deportation case. Disconcerted, Mr. Roballo hesitated for a moment and then replied: “As long as I stay with my family.” Moments later, as he…
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