{"id":2440616,"date":"2025-05-29T20:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T00:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-ice-officials-leave-posts-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T20:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T00:21:04","slug":"two-ice-officials-leave-posts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-ice-officials-leave-posts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Two ICE officials leave posts &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-ice-officials-leave-posts-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the departure of two key leaders at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a leadership restructuring amid an intensified deportation campaign under the trump management. Ken Genalo,the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >acting executive associate director<\/a> of ICES Enforcement and Removal Operations,is stepping down to a special government role,citing a desire for more family time.However, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official suggested that Genalo was effectively ousted. Robert Hammer, the acting head of Homeland Security Investigations, was replaced by Derek Gordon, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-lets-biden-officials-off-the-hook-for-deposition-in-social-media-censorship-case\/\" title=\"5th Circuit Court of Appeals Lets Biden Officials Off the Hook for Deposition in Social Media Censorship Case\">lower-ranking official<\/a>.these changes come as ICE faces pressure from the White House to increase arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants,with the agency pushing forward with eight new leadership appointments to navigate this new directive. Despite promises of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/migrant-crime-is-taking-over-america-trump-slams-biden-over-the-border-ahead-of-texas-visit\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes Biden over border situation ahead of Texas visit, claims migrant crime is increasing in America\">large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-100-immigrants-deported-to-guatemala\/\" title=\"More than 100 immigrants deported to Guatemala\">deportation operation<\/a><\/a>, the administration is reportedly trailing behind previous levels of deportations realized during the Obama presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Two top ICE leaders depart as deportation campaign ramps up<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2134396\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> announced the departures of two top officials at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>, the agency at the center of the White House&rsquo;s mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deportation<\/a> operation.<\/p>\n<p>ICE announced Thursday that it was undergoing a &ldquo;leadership realignment to support its increasing operational tempo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3425621\/trump-ice-triple-arrests\/\">Trump administration orders ICE to more than triple number of daily arrests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3425357\/bowser-dc-budget-sanctuary-city\/\">Bowser repeals sanctuary city principles in 2026 budget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3425050\/biden-failed-investigate-65000-reports-concern-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-grassley\/\">Biden failed to investigate 65,000 reports of immigrant children in possible danger: Grassley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ken Genalo, acting executive associate director of ICE&rsquo;s Enforcement and Removal Operations, will retire from his post and step down to the role of a special government employee. ICE cited it as a way to spend more time with his family since he has been based in Washington since January.<\/p>\n<p>A former senior DHS official with firsthand knowledge of Genalo&rsquo;s forthcoming retirement disputed why Genalo was leaving.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe this announcement is trying to put a spin on the changes; Ken was told he had to go,&rdquo; the official wrote in a text message. &ldquo;Ken retired when they told him they no longer wanted him as the EAD and they were not allowing him to return to NYC as the [field office director.]&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Hammer, the acting executive associate director of ICE&rsquo;s other arm, Homeland Security Investigations, has been replaced by Derek Gordon, a lower-ranking HSI official. Hammer had overseen 10,000 employees tasked with carrying out major investigations into cross-border crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Genalo and Hammer did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3425050\/biden-failed-investigate-65000-reports-concern-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-grassley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO INVESTIGATE 65,000 INSTANCE OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN POSSIBLE DANGER: GRASSLEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The changes come as the White House continues to pressure ICE to turn up the numbers on arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States. The agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-announces-leadership-realignment-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> eight new faces in leadership as part of its new direction moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has promised to carry out the &ldquo;largest-ever&rdquo; deportation operation, but is on track to come in below the highest year during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2134396\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2134396\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two senior ICE officials leave as deportation efforts intensify<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2440617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24353062101686.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8364,4133,3638,6522,32076],"class_list":["post-2440616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ice","tag-news","tag-officials","tag-resignation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24353062101686.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440620,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440616\/revisions\/2440620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}