The leadership change comes as the president aims to make good on a promise of mass deportations and arrests of undocumented immigrants across the United States.

Acting ICE director Caleb Vitello is being removed from his post and reassigned to a role where he will oversee enforcement operations, a Department of Homeland Security spokesper

The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, has been reassigned due to concerns about slow deportation progress under President Trump's immigration agenda. This move highlights the administration's focus on ramping up deportations as a priority.