Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is experiencing a major personnel shakeup, with various outlets reporting changes in the agency’s leadership. One such change was the retirement of the head of Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE division responsible for conducting arrests and deportations. Another was the reassignment of Robert Hammer, head of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office—a specialized law enforcement agency traditionally focused on fighting transnational crime like human trafficking. Many of these agents have been reassigned to “support immigration arrest and deportation efforts.”
ICE claimed these leadership changes would help the agency “achieve President Trump and the American people’s mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe,” according to the Associated Press.
This leadership shuffle is reportedly due to dissatisfaction with the current pace of ICE’s deportation campaign. CBS News cited “continued frustrations within the White House” over the number of arrests and deportations. ICE described these changes as a “leadership realignment to support its increasing operational tempo.” Stephen Miller, the White House deputy Chief of Staff, recently told Fox News that the administration is pushing ICE to perform a minimum of 3,000 arrests per day.
For immigrants at risk of deportation, it’s crucial to have the support of an immigration lawyer in Miami. These ICE leadership changes could directly impact pending cases, making it urgent to seek specialized legal representation.
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