The White House's Sweeping Overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein Force

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-ice-raids-bovino-immigration-border-patrol-rcna240795

The Trump administration is conducting a sweeping overhaul of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with more than a dozen senior officials in various cities being replaced by officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). At the heart of this effort is Greg Bovino, commander-at-large of the Border Patrol, who is currently the public face of the Trump administration’s current interior enforcement surges. But what’s unfolding under Bovino isn’t law enforcement. It’s political stagecraft directed from Washington, not the field.

Under Bovino’s command, the Department of Homeland Security has assembled something new: a hybrid, unaccountable task force reporting directly to DHS headquarters and the White House and operating outside the traditional command structures that govern federal law enforcement. It isn’t ICE. It isn’t CBP. It’s a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none. Its purpose is to create a community response designed for social media clicks, rather than to keep communities safe.

These aren’t disciplinary moves; they’re purges designed to silence dissent and clear the field for Bovino’s task forces.

The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments makes the motive behind this new structure unmistakable: It’s about control, not competence. Seasoned career leaders — the very people who built ICE’s investigative, detention and removal frameworks — are being pushed aside or relocated for refusing to chase arbitrary arrest quotas or participate in politically driven operations. These aren’t disciplinary moves; they’re purges designed to silence dissent and clear the field for Bovino’s task forces. In effect, the DHS has replaced law enforcement judgment with political obedience, rewarding those who follow orders from the top — and sidelining those who still believe in risk-based enforcement and the rule of law.

For decades, ICE and CBP had distinct yet complementary missions. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) targeted serious offenders in the interior; CBP’s Border Patrol protected the border. Each had apparent oversight, trained professionals and accountability lines that ran through their respective chains of command.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. It's by design. gICEtapo. Brown Shirts with armor vests. Along with concentration camps. . . . nt

[Nevilledog]

5. This is a real picture. DHS even used it in a video (words added obviously)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Wow. Greasy gel fascist hair style, fascist coat, jack boots, two star insignia on collar, fascist cuff w stars

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Remember this, tRUMP making a SS org. on American soil. He must face the severe consequences of creating such

an illegal, out of control org. used to put fear into Americans.

[Irish_Dem]

3. ICE is not nasty enough. It has to be made worse.

Jebus.

[Klarkashton]

4. Bovino is the short guy that carries around an assault

Rifle with his hand on the trigger in residential neighborhoods.

Anymore the only guys out there seems to be in full bortac battle dress. No more tee shirts and jeans.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. We know what's next

[Irish_Dem]

8. This is a man who needs movie costumes, make up, hair do, drama, to feel OK about himself.

Some uncharitable folks might call him a loser.

[Wounded Bear]

9. I suspect there's gonna be some Dems running on ending ICE...nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. I'd say "abolish ICE" but people keep assuring me that those kind of stances are non-starters

[Mad_Machine76]

12. Maybe under Obama or Biden

Now I’m not so sure. Lots more people have been exposed to its underbelly and don’t like it. At the very least it needs to be dramatically reduced and reformed under the next Democratic President.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. I'd be very surprised if that were to happen tbh

[maxrandb]

11. It's the January 6 mob, with state sanctioned badges and authority

It needs to be reported for what it is.