Top-ranking immigration enforcement officials removed from their positions reportedly due to deportation numbersTwo senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials have been reassigned amid frustration that deportation and arrest numbers were not increasing fast enough to meet Donald Trump’s targets.Russell Hott and Peter Berg, the two most top-ranking members of Ice’s enforcement agency, were removed from their positions, the Washington Post first reported, citing three people with knowledge on the moves. Hott was reassigned to Ice’s local office in Washington DC, and Berg to St Paul, Minnesota. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/ice-officials-reassigned-deportation
Author : Gloria Oladipo
Publish date : 2025-02-12 15:13:00
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Two senior Ice officials reassigned over slow rate of deportations and arrests
