Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:
- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans
Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.
Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.
Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.
ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.
I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.
I am hearing from both sides of this friction.
One senior DHS official tells me:
"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".
Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:
"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."
It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.
Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.
Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:
"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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π¨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
28.10.2025 00:27 β
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The Supreme Court issued a stay, effectively ruling, for now, that the Constitution no longer applies, at least not to immigrants. Fast-track deportations with no opportunity for judicial review violate the fundamental principle of due process, especially for people already on U.S. soil.
23.06.2025 21:56 β
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New Yorkers scream out each officerβs lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
13.06.2025 18:00 β
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A Charlie Kirk tweet that says "Deport!" with a picture of seven awesome dudes aura farming in front flaming waymos, brandishing a Mexican flag, in front of the big Dale's Donuts sign.
guys will be like "these people are ruining america" and it'll be a picture of the coolest guys ever
09.06.2025 14:21 β
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Palestinians are calling the deadly attack at a so-called aid distribution site in Rafah the "Witkoff Massacre", holding US envoy Steven Witkoff directly responsible for the politically driven, deadly trap.
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Happy Pride Month 2025 π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Be gay do crow stuff
#pridemonth #pridecrows
01.06.2025 12:38 β
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Gavin is some of the worst of the worst - a monster who cares about no one but himself masquerading as a human being
18.05.2025 22:54 β
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Tesla Starts Accepting Cybertruck Trade-Ins β According to Tesla, a Cybertruck Loses $35,000 Over 6,000 Miles ($5.6 Per Mile)
Tesla has reversed its policy barring Cybertruck trade-ins. A Cybertruck owner says Tesla offered him $65,400 for his $100,00 truck with 6,200 miles. This means, according to Tesla, a Cybertruck loses...
Tesla now accepts Cybertruck trade-ins, and the official resale loss is $35k over just 6,000 miles.
I repeat: according to Tesla itself a Cybertruck loses $5.60 cents per mile, not counting the cost of electricity, tires, etc.
Unprecedented levels of flop!
www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-...
18.05.2025 18:25 β
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No comment
29.04.2025 03:59 β
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this is precisely how twitter would have been in germany in the 1940s
27.04.2025 14:31 β
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A pink and purple flyer for a burlesque show at the Sycamore Den in San Diego on April 26, starting at 8:45pm. No cover, tipping encouraged. Raising funds for Team Hasanat - mutual aid for Palestinians in Gaza.
We are still raising mutual aid funds for Palestinians in Gaza - tonight with the fearless support of an incredible group of burlesque dancers and performers! San Diego, come through!
24.04.2025 15:38 β
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As with so many other βconcerns that just happen to reduce support for regular peopleβ, this is longstanding right-wing bullshit.
24.04.2025 15:13 β
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Stephen Miller turns the fascism up to 11 on Fox News
24.04.2025 01:35 β
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Itβs too late to be silent. And we are not alone πͺ !
23.04.2025 20:38 β
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Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. Itβs working. Keep the pressure on.
23.04.2025 13:36 β
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the trump administration crack down on thought crimes and being against genocide has been one of the greatest authoritarian pushes iβve seen in america in a long time
22.04.2025 02:27 β
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every day without Pronoun in Bio the lower the stock market will slide
21.04.2025 20:05 β
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21.04.2025 14:08 β
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Packaged meals and sports drinks ready to be distributed to underhoused folks
Packaged meals ready to be distributed to underhoused folks
Packaging meals for distribution to underhoused folks
Two people in a kitchen packaging meals and loving mutual aid
Sunday distro. The vice grip of fascism continues to squeeze but we will keep fighting alongside our comrades. Harm redux is healthcare, food scarcity in the US is a farce.
20.04.2025 21:09 β
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
15.04.2025 12:47 β
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This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up maskedβthese abductions must stop. If youβre going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isnβt law enforcementβitβs state-sponsored fear.
14.04.2025 15:17 β
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Just full blown constitutional crisis time, very cool
14.04.2025 16:22 β
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Leonard stepping out of a plane with his fist in the air back in his homelands
NDN Crew and family holding signs for Leonard to welcome him home!
Leonard Peltier has made it to North Dakota! The temperatures are bitter cold today, but our hearts and spirits are on FIRE for our Elder and Leksi (Uncle) Leonard. β€οΈβπ₯
Read our press release for more about Leonard's welcome home event tomorrow ndnco.cc/lphomepr
18.02.2025 22:41 β
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The terrors continue
19.02.2025 15:11 β
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this article is insane and really underscores the fragile but crucial ways that america's soft power influences how americans are treated abroad. crazy to read this and simultaneously watch as we throw a lot of that infuence away.
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A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was cut off when the United States announced a freeze on aid funding.
Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighbouring Thailand, died four days after she was discharged from a USAID-funded healthcare facility operated by the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Within days of leaving the IRC hospital, the 71-year-old was struggling to breathe and asked to return to the facility.
"I had to tell her that there is no hospital," Yin Yin Aye, her 50-year-old daughter, told Reuters in a teary phone call.
Unforgivable, in my view www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
12.02.2025 05:05 β
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Still canβt believe our country is being taken over by a billionaire Nazi who has changed his Twitter name to Harry Bolz. The biggest fucking loser of all time is the richest, and trying to be the most powerful, guy on Earth. That alone should show you capitalism is a failure
11.02.2025 14:51 β
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