{"id":20614,"date":"2025-10-29T08:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20614"},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:23:30","slug":"trump-admin-purges-ice-leaders-in-five-cities-installs-border-patrol-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=20614","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Purges ICE Leaders in Five Cities, Installs Border Patrol Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Trump administration has begun purging Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership in five major cities and replacing them with senior Border Patrol agents, a move that insiders say marks a sweeping shift in the way the government will carry out interior immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

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ICE field office directors in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and San Diego were removed from their posts last Friday and reassigned within the agency, multiple sources\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security began quietly overhauling its deportation operations in what officials describe as an effort to boost arrests and expand the administration\u2019s high-profile immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

The five offices are said to be the first of several that will undergo restructuring across ICE\u2019s 24 field locations nationwide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a lot more,\u201d one official with firsthand knowledge of the plan said, indicating that additional ICE offices are expected to see leadership changes.<\/p>\n

Five officials confirmed that the field office directors were relieved of their duties and reassigned elsewhere. DHS initially sought to fire all five but reversed course after acting ICE Director Todd Lyons intervened, urging that they be moved to headquarters instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration wanted all these guys fired and Todd stepped in and said, \u2018Let\u2019s move them all to headquarters,\u2019\u201d another official said. Lyons did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will ultimately decide all senior personnel matters within ICE and Border Patrol, though the department declined to comment on her involvement in the shake-up.<\/p>\n

One source said the initiative was pushed by Noem and DHS senior adviser Corey Lewandowski, adding that \u201cTom [Homan] would have said, \u2018No way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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