Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced sweeping leadership changes Thursday as part of an effort to dramatically ramp up arrests of illegal migrants.
The “leadership realignment” comes as Trump administration officials push for ICE to make a “minimum” of 3,000 arrests per day – up from the 1,800 per day quota the White House initially demanded in January.
As part of the shake-up, Kenneth Genalo is out as the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division – the branch tasked with executing arrests and deportations.
Genalo “decided to retire and will continue to serve the public as a special government employee to ICE,” the agency said in a statement.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Robert Hammer has also been reassigned to a “critical leadership position.” HSI is a law enforcement agency that has been supporting ICE in making arrests during deportation raids.
Career ICE officials Marcos Charles and Derek Gordon will replace Genalo and Hammer at ICE and HSI, respectively.
In total, more than half a dozen personnel changes were made at ERO, HSI and other ICE divisions Thursday, according to the agency.
“Organizational realignments will help ICE achieve President Trump and the American people’s mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe,” ICE said in a statement. --->READ MORE HERE
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Officials back higher ICE arrest numbers to target criminal aliens and improve public safety
The Trump administration has a new goal of 3,000 arrests of illegal immigrants daily, which was publicly confirmed by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
"Under President Trump’s leadership, we are looking to set a goal of a minimum of 3,000 arrests for ICE every day," Miller told "Hannity" on Wednesday night, saying the number is going to keep getting bumped higher over time.
His response comes after an Axios report that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Miller were said to be backing the 3,000 daily figure in a meeting last week at ICE headquarters.
On "America’s Newsroom" on Thursday morning, border czar Tom Homan reaffirmed his statement, saying that officials are "asking for an increase" in arrests.
"We’ve gotta increase these arrests and removals," Homan said.
"The numbers are good, but I’m not satisfied. I haven’t been satisfied all year long," noting that there’s a major "public safety" risk with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants still in the country from the Biden administration and earlier. For those that do not already have rap sheets, DHS is encouraging them to self-deport with a covered commercial flight and an $1,000 stipend for exiting.
During Trump’s first 100 days, ICE arrested 66,463 illegal immigrants, and more than 65,000 illegal immigrants were deported. Of that figure, more than 17,000 had criminal convictions or charges for crimes such as driving under the influence, assault, or "weapon offenses," according to ICE. --->READ MORE HERE
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