Overview
- About a dozen of ICE’s 25 field office directors are being reassigned, with roughly half of replacements coming from Border Patrol, according to current and former officials cited in multiple reports.
- DHS has not confirmed specific personnel moves, and spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the priority is removing violent criminal offenders.
- The changes mark the third major ICE shake-up this year as the administration seeks to raise arrest numbers and accelerate deportations.
- To expand capacity, the administration has redeployed personnel — about 500 from CBP, 600 from DEA, 300 from ATF and 300 from the U.S. Marshals — and requested support from 20,000 National Guard members.
- Reporting points to intensified operations in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, with civil-rights groups and Democratic lawmakers warning about aggressive tactics associated with Border Patrol units.