Top ICE Officials Reassigned as Trump Admin Aims to Increase Illegal Immigrant Arrests

Arrests have been soaring, but still aren’t high enough, Tom Homan said this week.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest an illegal immigrant in California in a file image. ICE via The Epoch Times

Two senior officials in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency have been reassigned, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed on Feb. 12.

Russell Hott, who served as acting executive associate director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, and his deputy, Peter Berg, have been reassigned, a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email.