ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol Officials in major DHS shakeup: reports

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00:00Growing friction in the Department of Homeland Security is leading to a mass shakeup of ICE

00:04leadership over deportation tactics and priorities, according to four senior DHS officials.

00:11The overhaul affects U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices in at least

00:16eight cities and will replace many senior leaders with Border Patrol officials, marking

00:21an unprecedented power shift and exposing sharp divisions inside DHS over how far to

00:27go in ramping up deportations, the officials told Fox News.

00:32The rift comes amid growing frustration from the White House with the pace of daily arrests,

00:37according to a report from NBC News, which cites current and former officials.

00:42The changes are being driven by competing camps inside DHS.

00:46On one side are DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Senior Advisor Corey Lewandowski, and Border Patrol

00:52Commander Greg Bovino, who have pushed for a broader and more aggressive approach, targeting

00:57anyone in the U.S. illegally to boost deportation numbers.

01:02On the other side are Border Czar Tom Homan and ICE Director Todd Lyons, who have advocated

01:07focusing on criminal aliens and those with final deportation orders.

01:11ICE started off with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but

01:16since Border Patrol came to L.A. in June, we've lost our focus, going too hard, too fast,

01:22with limited prioritization.

01:24One senior DHS official told Fox, it's getting numbers, but at what cost?

01:30Another senior official put it bluntly, ICE is arresting criminal aliens, he said, while

01:35Border Patrol is quote, hitting Home Depots and car washes.

01:39Border Patrol's aggressive tactics have been increasingly on display.

01:43In August, video went viral of Border Patrol agents packing into a Penske truck in Los Angeles

01:48before bursting out at a local Home Depot, where they reportedly took 16 people into custody.

01:54Commander Greg Bovino dubbed the affair, Operation Trojan Horse.

01:59Earlier this month, video posted by DHS shows agents using Black Hawk helicopters to raid

02:04an apartment building in Chicago.

02:06And last week, Bovino himself could be seen lobbing what appears to be a canister of tear

02:10gas into a crowd of angry protesters.

02:14One agent told Fox News, what did everyone think mass deportations meant?

02:19Only the worst?

02:20Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table.

02:25Two senior officials described the mood inside DHS as tense and combative, with some ICE leaders

02:30warning the new approach could erode public support and blur the line between ICE and

02:35Border Patrol operations.

02:38Officials told Fox News that the latest round of reassignments impacts ICE field chiefs in

02:42Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Portland, Philadelphia, El Paso, and New Orleans.

02:50Their positions are expected to be filled by Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection officials.

02:55The mentality is CBP does what they're told, and the administration thinks ICE isn't getting

03:00the job done, a DHS official told NBC News, so CBP will do it.

03:06According to reports, at least a dozen leaders will be replaced in the shakeup, with at least

03:10half being replaced by CBP leadership, officials told NBC News.