Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts
Source: CBS News
Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez
February 21, 2025 / 3:52 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is being reassigned amid internal frustrations over the agency's progress in carrying out President Trump's mass deportation goals, administration officials told CBS News on Friday.
In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Vitello's reassignment, saying he "is no longer in an Administrative role, but is instead overseeing all field and enforcement operations: finding, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens, which is a major priority of the President and Secretary Noem."
The leadership shakeup follows another move made by the Trump administration earlier this month to reassign two high-ranking officials at ICE's deportation branch, known as Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Vitello was installed by Mr. Trump to lead ICE in an acting capacity at the start of his second administration in January.
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