Top ICE officials reassigned amid strain to meet Trump deportation goals

Two of the top officials at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been removed from their jobs amid frustration among Trump officials that officers aren’t ramping up arrests and deportations fast enough to meet the president’s goals and that some immigrant detainees have been released, according to three people with knowledge of the move.

ICE staff were informed in an email Tuesday that Russell Hott and Peter Berg, the top two officials in the enforcement division of ICE, have been reassigned, according to the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the internal memo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/11/ice-enforcement-officials-reassigned/

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New York City argues for noncitizen voting law before state’s top court

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top court was asked Tuesday to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City municipal elections by lawyers who argued city officials acted within their legal powers.

New York City became the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal voting rights to noncitizens in January 2022 - though the law approved by the Democrat-led city council was never implemented due to a legal challenge from Republicans. The city law did not grant noncitizens the right to vote in presidential, congressional or state elections.

A trial judge sided with Republican challengers to noncitizen voting in June 2022. And a mid-level state appeals court ruled last year that the law violated the state constitution and a legal requirement to hold a public referendum on the proposal because it changed an election method.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/proponents-new-york-city-noncitizen-voting-law-arg/