Posted on 02/12/2025 5:58:02 PM PST by Mariner
Two top Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been removed from their positions, as the White House ramps up pressure on the agency to increase arrests and deportations to meet President Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, according to an administration official and a person familiar with the decision.
Russell Hott and Peter Berg, who held top positions in the enforcement division of ICE, will return, respectively, to the agency’s Washington field office and to St. Paul, Minnesota.
Todd Lyons, who previously ran the agency’s Boston office, will take over as acting head of ICE Enforcement and Removal operations, the people said. The changes were first reported by the Washington Post.
“ICE needs a culture of accountability that it has been starved of for the past four years. We have a President, DHS secretary, and American people who rightfully demand results, and our ICE leadership will ensure the agency delivers,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
The shake-up at ICE comes as the president, and his top immigration officials, are increasingly frustrated with the current pace of arrests and deportations — as well as the release of some migrants due to lack of detention capacity. ICE has increased arrests in recent weeks, but the Trump administration continues to face a slew of challenges as it tries to move quickly to fulfill the president’s mass deportations promise, an ambitious undertaking that will take funding, time and resources to scale up.
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He is a great General.
“If you look at the rest of interior enforcement, it’s about three times higher than it was a year ago today. Three times higher is good, but I’m not satisfied. There are more criminal aliens that need to be arrested, hundreds of thousands,” Border Czar Tom Homan said Tuesday. “Sanctuary cities are putting roadblocks up. We’ve got leaks. So we need to increase the arrests of illegal aliens, especially those with criminal convictions. So we’re going to continue.”
How is Mayorkas not quasi-permanently vacationing at Gitmo’?
Praise the Lord we do not have to look at Mayorkas’ lying face anymoree.
BTTT
LOL!!!
The other General that did that before was Eisenhower in 53 and 54.
just spread the word that deportees are being shipped to new guinea
and self deportations may increase
He wanted results, he wants to see a certain number, they weren’t producing, out you go. Happens every day in every type of business in the world.
I second that! Also, not hearing his limp-wristed, pansy voice at every hearing is a blessing.
Constantly making excuses, never citing a reason.
I want to see the employers of illegals face serious consequences.
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