Acting ICE director reassigned amid Trump administration's frustration with deportation numbers
The Trump administration has removed Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from his position and reassigned him within the agency. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports on the motivations behind the move.
Trump administration demotes acting ICE director over 'anger' with 'migrant arrests and deportations' results
In just four days after Trump was sworn in, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) statistics showed over 1,000 people had been removed or repatriated, BBC reports. And on January 26, 956 people from across Chicago, Newark, New Jersey and Miami are reported as having been arrested by ICE and other agencies.
Caleb Vitello was installed by President Trump to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an acting capacity at the ...
According to a senior Trump official, plans are in place to replace Vitello with Madison Sheahan, the current secretary of ...
The leadership change comes as the president aims to make good on a promise of mass deportations and arrests of undocumented ...
U.S. ICE official Caleb Vitello has been reassigned as deportations fall short. He will oversee enforcement operations but not hold an administrative role. Madison Sheahan is set to join ICE as deputy ...
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