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| Top ICE officials demoted as Trump ramps up pressure on migrant deportations | |
| 2025-02-13 | |
| [NYPost] Apparently they were insufficiently "enthusiastic" Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement bigwigs have been demoted for reportedly failing to keep up with President Trump’s migrant deportation crackdown demands — with an official who has previously called for the long-shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island to reopen tapped to lead the enforcement division. The officials, Russell Hott and Peter Berg, were recently cut from ICE’s enforcement division amid increasing pressure from the Trump administration to ramp up the number of illegal migrant arrests and deportations, the Washington Post reported, citing sources. “ICE needs a culture of accountability that it has been starved of for the past four years,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement in the wake of the demotions.
Hott and Berg, who had held top posts in the Enforcement and Removal Operations division, are being forced to return to local field offices in Washington and Minnesota, respectively, the sources said. Todd Lyons, the leading official at ICE’s Boston office, is slated to take over the division, the sources added. In December, Lyons called for the ICE office at the Rikers Island jail complex to reopen to detain migrant criminals. “Re-establishing the [US Immigration and Customs Enforcement] unit at Rikers would allow [Enforcement and Removal Operations] NYC officers to take direct custody of foreign-born criminal offenders without the need to re-apprehend these criminals at large in the community,” argued Lyons, who was then assistant director of field operations. The demotions come as officers scramble to keep pace with Trump’s goal to boot millions of violent migrants and gangbangers from the country. News of the ICE shakeup came as Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said he wasn’t satisfied with the speed of raids, arrests and deportations. Related: Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 2025-02-11 Trump's Department of Homeland Security looking to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 2025-02-10 Pam Bondi issues threat to ICE staff leaking internal memos on where next raids are Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 2025-02-11 Florida sheriff asks Trump's ICE to remove Biden-era 'shackles' Related: Russell Hott 07/26/2018 ICE Captures 132 Illegal Immigrants, Including A High-Ranking MS-13 Member, In DC Area Roundup Russell Hott 05/18/2006 UK and Nukes with background on firms wanting to build them. Related: Peter Berg 03/19/2023 'At my first meeting with Saddam Hussein, within 30 seconds, he knew two things about me,' says FBI interrogator Peter Berg 02/27/2023 Fair Actor, Great Soldier Peter Berg 12/27/2019 Trump held private, enlisted-only Afghanistan war meetings – ‘No generals or officers, only enlisted guys that have been there' Related: Todd Lyons 04/16/2024 Illegal migrant convicted of child rape arrested after district court ignored detainer request Todd Lyons 08/25/2019 Suspect taken into custody for ‘hate’ attacks on white people in NYC Todd Lyons 09/19/2011 Feds: Tierney kin's gambling ring took in $22M | |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 ^ Sudden Budget Deficit™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-02-13 16:02 |
| #2 Dallas police won't join ICE deportation raids, interim chief tells immigrant meetings |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-13 15:58 |
| #1 The headcount metric will drive the ICE officials to deprioritize the violent offenders which take more assets and time to capture. It won’t take much effort to drag grandma out of the Bingo hall with her walker. I would give them credit for documented self-deportations. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-02-13 13:52 |