US EditionTrump administration to reassign ICE officials in bid to intensify deportation campaign
The reassignment replaces ICE leaders with Border Patrol agents to meet a goal of 600,000 deportations by January 2026, marking a major shift in enforcement strategy.
- The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership, including 12 ICE field office directors, as the Homeland Security Department reviews the agency.
- On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security said the administration is on pace to deport nearly 600,000 people by the end of Trump's first year, short of the deportation target of 1,000,000.
- Customs and Border Protection officers will fill half the replacements, with ICE officers filling the rest, targeting Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, and four other cities.
- Homeland Security and the White House declined to comment and emphasized unity while Tricia McLaughlin said the department is `laser focused on RESULTS` and Abigail Jackson said the administration is working in lockstep amid major deployments and protests.
- Internal divisions show ICE is reallocating at least half of its 25 field offices, with DHS saying it is `laser focused on RESULTS`, as ICE receives funding to hold 100,000 migrants and recruits 10,000 agents, with over 60,000 in custody.
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