Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave

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Washington — A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from putting thousands of employees with U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave and recalling others from overseas, clearing the way for the president to resume his efforts to overhaul the agency as part of his plans to slash the size

Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts

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Washington — Caleb Vitello, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is being reassigned amid internal frustrations over the agency’s progress in carrying out President Trump’s mass deportation goals, administration officials told CBS News on Friday. In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Vitello’s reassignment, saying he “is no

Acting ICE Director Reassigned, DHS Spokesperson Says

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Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have expressed frustration over recent arrest numbers. The Trump administration is reassigning the acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, Caleb Vitello, to other duties, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. “He is no longer in an administrative role, but is overseeing all field and enforcement operations: finding, arresting,