Trump Admin Purges ICE Leaders in Five Cities, Installs Border Patrol Agents

The five offices are said to be the first of several that will undergo restructuring across ICE’s 24 field locations nationwide.

“It’s a lot more,” one official with firsthand knowledge of the plan said, indicating that additional ICE offices are expected to see leadership changes.

Five officials confirmed that the field office directors were relieved of their duties and reassigned elsewhere. DHS initially sought to fire all five but reversed course after acting ICE Director Todd Lyons intervened, urging that they be moved to headquarters instead.

“The administration wanted all these guys fired and Todd stepped in and said, ‘Let’s move them all to headquarters,’” another official said. Lyons did not respond to requests for comment.