Overview
- ICE field directors in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and San Diego were removed from their posts and reassigned, with some positions slated for Customs and Border Protection officials, according to U.S. officials.
- CBS News reports the shake-up could reach roughly a dozen field offices, affecting about half of ICE’s 25 regions, with several leaders already informed of reassignments.
- Border Patrol agents have been conducting arrests far from the border in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, including at worksites like Home Depot parking lots and car washes, drawing local pushback.
- DHS says it will “surge” arrests as newly trained personnel deploy, citing 175,000 ICE job applications, more than 18,000 tentative offers, and incentives up to $50,000 to help onboard as many as 10,000 deportation officers.
- OBBB funding expands detention to nearly 100,000 beds and provides $14 billion for transport and removals plus $8 billion for hiring, while officials tout roughly 500,000 deportations to date and internal data show about 260,000 ICE arrests so far, below White House goals of 3,000 daily and roughly 1 million in a year.