US EditionTrump Admin Spends Millions on ICE Ads as SNAP Runs Out of Money—Report
The administration aims to increase deportations by installing aggressive Border Patrol officials, with nearly 72% of detainees lacking criminal convictions, according to immigration data.
- This past week, the Trump administration began a sweeping purge of ICE leadership, relieving directors in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and San Diego and reassigning about a dozen directors overseeing 25 offices.
- To meet mass-deportation goals, the administration claims more than 400,000 deportations and expects 600,000 by January, despite Stephen Miller setting a 3,000-arrests-per-day target months ago with September averaging 1,178 arrests.
- Observers cite specific tactics such as agents rappelling from Black Hawk helicopters earlier this month and Gregory Bovino's 'Midway Blitz' in Chicago with over 1,800 arrests, while Aaron Reichlin-Melnick explained, `Border Patrol and ICE are different agencies, with different duties and different leadership and different styles.`
- At least half of the vacancies are expected to be filled by CBP officials, while former officials warn that shunting well-liked ICE leaders will sink morale and that replacing executives is unprecedented.
- Analysts note the personnel changes blur boundaries as Equis and Priorities USA's data show DHS and ICE continued ad spending between October 1 and 21, with ICE spending $4.5 million.
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Trump Administration Removing ICE Officials, Replacing Them With Border Patrol Leaders
YouTube@Fox News The Trump Administration is removing ICE leadership in several major cities, including Los Angeles. Some of the leaders will reportedly be replaced with Customs and Border Protection officials. The shakeup is happening at about a dozen ICE offices across the nation. The Washington Examiner reports Los Angeles Field Office Director Ernesto Santacruz and San Diego Field Office Director Patrick Divver are among the ICE leaders be…
Trump administration demotes ICE officials for failing to meet deportation targets
The Trump administration is not satisfied with the pace of deportations and is therefore going to replace some officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with Border Patrol (CBP) officers, whose tactics are more aggressive than those employed by ICE agents.Seguir leyendo
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ICE officials replaced with Border Patrol, cementing hard tactics that originated in California
The stepped-up role of Border Patrol leaders in interior enforcement — which has historically been ICE territory — marks an evolution of tactics that originated in California.
Trump purges top ICE officials, replacements to be vetted by Border Patrol <em>Obergruppenführer</em> Gregory Bovino
Impressed by the mass illegal roundups of immigrants and citizens alike conducted by Customs and Border Protection thugs under Bovino’s command, the Trump administration is replacing several ICE directors with CBP officials.
‘Midnight massacre’: ICE leaders purged as Trump admin eyes ‘more aggressive’ nationwide campaign led by Border Patrol
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Oct. 28, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. In an effort to further ratchet up its already brutal and indiscriminate mass deportation campaign, the Trump administration has begun a sweeping purge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership across US cities. The agency’s leaders are expected to be replaced with even more aggressive officials from the…
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