Trump administration planning ICE shakeup after failing to meet 3,000 arrests target: report
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... President Donald Trump's administration is planning to replace almost half of its regional ICE directors with their Border Patrol counterparts as part of a major shake up of the leadership of its illegal immigration crackdown, according to reports.

The administration has grown increasingly frustrated with ICE's failure to meet White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's target of 3,000 arrests of undocumented migrants per day, The New York Times reports.

The latest figures available, compiled prior to the government shutdown, recorded an average arrest rate of 1,178 per day in September, well below Miller's expectations.

The development came as California Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal took to X to announce the latest death of a detainee in ICE custody, placing further pressure on the much-criticized immigration enforcement agency.

"That is 22 immigrants who have died in custody since Trump came to office," the congresswoman wrote. "This is beyond outrageous. ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing miserably."

The Trump administration's decision to swap out ICE field directors with replacements from Customs and Border Patrol was inspired by the president's top aides being impressed by the latter's "more aggressive tactics to secure arrests," NBC reports, "such as rappelling into apartment buildings from Black Hawk helicopters and jumping out of rental trucks in Home Depot parking lots." ...