Overview
- Multiple outlets report the administration is reassigning roughly a dozen ICE field office directors, with several posts expected to be filled by Border Patrol or CBP officials; DHS says it has no personnel changes to announce.
- Washington Examiner names leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Diego as already moved, while NBC, CBS and ABC describe a broader list compiled by senior DHS advisers including Corey Lewandowski and Gregory Bovino.
- Border Patrol has deployed more than 1,500 agents to assist in interior operations in dozens of cities, using aggressive tactics that have prompted lawsuits and a federal judge’s scrutiny of Bovino’s actions in Chicago.
- DHS cites a recruitment surge for ICE with about 175,000 applications and over 18,000 tentative offers, supported by sign-on bonuses up to $50,000, as critics flag vetting lapses and high training failure rates reported by trainers and former officials.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill steers tens of billions to detention expansion, transportation and hiring, while arrest metrics remain disputed, with a DHS spokeswoman citing roughly 500,000 deportations and internal data obtained by CBS showing about 260,000 ICE arrests to date, well below the 3,000-per-day push.