LEMON DROP | I.C.E. Shakeup: They're In BIG Trouble!
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What triggered the ICE leadership shakeup reported at the start of the episode?
Major breaking news as it involves ICE and the Office of Homeland Security, the Homeland Security Department here in the United States. There's been a major shakeup at ICE about who is going to lead, how they're going to lead, and what are the tactics of those agents who are rounding people up off of the streets. ICE leadership shakeup exposes growing DHS activity. Friction over deportation tactics and priorities. We will get to that. But first, here's part of the report from Fox News. And you know what Fox News is reporting it. This is serious. Here it is.
get some reaction on this part of the story fox has learned of a big shake-up of immigration and customs leadership dhs has reassigned chiefs in up to a dozen cities including the ones you see right here on the map they will likely be replaced with officials from border patrol and customs and border protection look with all of the success that you're seeing why these changes
Well, first of all, the numbers are accurate. I mean, by the end of this year, by the end of December, we'll have over 600,000 removals. I looked at the numbers this morning. We're at 554,000 deportation. If you extrapolate it out for 12 months, this is historic. The biggest deportation operation that we've ever seen.
Here's the thing. So that's Tom Holman over on Fox News. Here's the thing. The reason that you are seeing, one of the main reasons that I believe, and I think others, look, it's It's just sheer logic that they are being so heavy handed and rounding up people without due process, without a signed warrant from a judge with without even showing any identification is because they are having trouble meeting these numbers. They are way behind. That's what folks are actually saying behind the scenes. And so Tom Holman is saying, okay, this is great. But here's the real thing. If we go back to that report where we said about the shakeup report from Fox News, here's the thing. Tom Holman and Kristi Noem are fighting over what tactics will be used.
Tom Holman wants only the people, as they said and promised that they were going to do during the election and before they started all of this, he wants illegal people. On one side, this is according to the report, are Border Czar Tom Holman and ICE Director Todd Lyons, who have advocated focusing on criminal aliens and those with final deportation orders. Here is... the monkey wrench in all of this. On the other side of this are DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and then Senior Advisor Corey Lewandowski, who Rick Wilson calls her boyfriend, by the way, right? And Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. They have pushed for a broader and more aggressive approach targeting anyone, anyone in the US illegally to boost deportation numbers.
The report says two senior officials described the mood inside DHS as tense and combative, with some ICE leaders warning the new approach could erode public support and blur the line between ICE and Border Patrol operations. There is trouble in paradise. ICE is melting right now.
How are DHS leaders clashing over deportation tactics and priorities?
Continue with Tom Holman.
So the numbers speak for themselves. Most secure border in the history of the nation. As you said, record deportation operation. And let's not forget, we have found over 23,000 children, rescued many from forced labor trafficking and sex trafficking that the last administration wasn't even looking for. A hundred percent. Yeah. So great success for this administration. Exactly right.
He's such a glazer. And then all of those numbers that they're talking about, They are quick to tout numbers. We've done this.
What claims did Fox News make about historic deportation numbers?
We've done all that. But they never show the evidence. They never show how they are or the metrics by which they are measuring these things. There's no evidence at the people that they are rounding up on the streets, if they're even undocumented citizens at all. They're not showing if they have a criminal history or criminal record. None of that. People don't know. So Tom Holman is sitting there on Fox News with the Fox News host just glazing him about things that they don't even know to be true.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What triggered the ICE leadership shakeup reported at the start of the episode?
0:13–3:44
2
How are DHS leaders clashing over deportation tactics and priorities?
3:44–4:14
3
What claims did Fox News make about historic deportation numbers?
4:14–8:31
4
Why does Don Lemon argue ICE is rounding people up without due process?
8:31–14:27