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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat

Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul, AP sources say

California Immigration Shooting - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices around the country in a major shake-up of the agency responsible for carrying out the president's vision for mass deportations, according to one current and one former U.S. government official.

The current official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said 12 ICE field office directors — the officers who run the network of field offices around the country responsible for immigration enforcement — were being reassigned.

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