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Krome Detention Center officers man an entrance gate as people hold a vigil outside to recognize those who have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, as well as those affected by mass deportations, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Leadership shakeups at agency tasked with carrying out Trump’s mass deportations agenda

A staff reorganization is underway at the agency carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced leadership changes Tuesday at the department tasked with finding, arresting and removing immigrants who no longer have the right to be in the country as well as at the agency’s investigative division. ICE said the changes would help the agency achieve “President Trump and the American people’s mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe.” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said earlier this week that the administration was setting a goal of 3,000 arrests by ICE each day.

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Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, flanked by Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump administration uses multiple techniques to encourage and force deportation

Carrying out mass deportations was a key rallying cry during Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency. Since the day he was sworn into office, his administration has focused on how to make that rallying cry reality. They’ve touted their policy of going after “the worst of the worst” — meaning people who’ve committed crimes in America — while leaning on some nations to take immigrants who the U.S. has difficulty deporting to their own countries. They’ve removed protections from hundreds of thousands of people the Biden administration admitted on a temporary basis into the country with the aim of eventually making them deportable. They’ve even suggested people “self-deport.”

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