ICE REASIGNA 2 officials after frustrations on immigrant arrests

The United States Immigration and Customs Agency reassigned two of its high -ranking officials to respond to frustrations of the administration of President Donald Trump that considers that the rhythm of immigrant arrests is too slowaccording to two officials with knowledge of the movements.

Tuesday night, Members of the Immigration and Customs Control Service staff (ICE, in English) were aware that two officials from the agency responsible for finding for later Deporting immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally. The two agents –Russell Hott y Peter Berg– They had been reallocated, according to an official of the Department of National Security and a federal government official. The two officials who spoke did so to The Associated Press (AP) with the condition of being anonymized because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

The National Security Department (DHS) said ICE “needs a culture of responsibility that has been private during the last four years”.

“We have a president, a DHS secretary and an American people who rightly demand resultsand our leadership in ICE will ensure that the agency complies with, “said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, Wednesday in a statement sent by email.

Berg will return to the ICE office in St. Paul, Minnesotaaccording to the national security official who spoke with the AP. Hott will return to the ICE field office in Washingtonaccording to The Washington Post, which was the first to report on reallocations.

Todd Lyonswho was recently the Main Application Official of the Immigration Law in the Boston Metropolitan Area, will assume the main position in the Office of Detention and Deportationand his second in command will be Garrett Ripaofficials informed the AP.

They pointed out that No reason for restructuring was given. But this happened on the day when the Tsar of the border of President Trump, Tom Homan, said that I was not satisfied with the rhythm of immigrant arrests and with the recent people liberations that were in custody of the immigration authorities.

ICE – specifically, the detention and deportation office unit – is the Key agency responsible for carrying out the promise of the Republican President of Mass Deportations of people in the country illegally During his second term.

Trump’s government has provided limited information On how many people who were in the country illegally have been arrested.

From January 23 to January 31, The officials shared data daily and then stopped publishing information. The agency’s data panel has more information, but those quarterly figures are up to September 2024. During the seven -day period in which ICE published daily data, 787 arrests per day were averagedcompared to the daily average of 311 for a period of 12 months which ended on September 30 During the government of former president Joe Biden.

On Monday, the White House pointed out in a video that highlighted Trump’s achievements that the ICE had arrested 11,000 “criminals” in 18 days. That averages around 611 daily arrests.

Talking with reporters outside the White House, Homan said that arrests in the nation – of those who have not recently arrived in the country – are approximately three times higher with respect to the same time last yearunder the command of former president Biden.

“Three times higher is good. But I am not satisfied,” Homan said. “We have to get more“.

Homan said he had also talked to the ICE leaders about the number of people who had been released from custody of immigration authorities. From now on, he said, no one would be released without the approval of ICE leadership.

“The number of liberations was unacceptable“Homan said,”And that has been solved“.

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