According to officials, the White House has spent about two months vetting a short list of candidates for open positions at ICE. But the acting director of the agency has resisted their push.
The acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is resisting a White House effort to install a number of political appointees at the agency he helms, according to three current and former U.S. officials who described the situation to POLITICO.
But Albence resisted the White House push. The effort has now slowed, according to one senior administration official, and it’s unclear if or when the people on the list will get jobs at ICE. The clash is the latest in an intensifying series of battles between Albence and other top officials, who have tangled in recent months as the ICE chief has sought to balance humanitarian concerns about the treatment of immigrants during the coronavirus outbreak with pressure from Trump administration officials who see the crisis as an opportunity to take more aggressive measures against those in the country illegally.
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