A behind-the-scenes struggle for influence over U.S. immigration enforcement is playing out inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a NewsNation report published Tuesday, despite public denials from agency leadership.
According to the news site, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said last week that reports of dissatisfaction within her department following the reassignment of roughly a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field directors to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials were "absolutely false." She also insisted the administration was "thrilled" with the agencies' combined efforts to "help clean up our streets."
