Two top immigration enforcement officials have been reassigned amid frustrations in the Trump administration about the pace of immigration arrests.
That’s according to two officials with knowledge of the moves who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
Staff members at Immigration and Customs Enforcement were informed Tuesday evening that two top officials in the agency responsible for finding and removing immigrants in the country illegally — Russell Hott and Peter Berg — had been reassigned, according to a Department of Homeland Security official and an administration official.
Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the administration needs to see more mass deportations and fewer detainees being released from immigration custody. From now on, he said, no one gets released without ICE leadership signing off.
“The number of releases was unacceptable,” Homan said, “and that’s been fixed.”
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