<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement is facing a massive leadership shakeup, exposing a major internal divide over the direction of President Donald Trump&#8217;s mass deportation effort.</p>
<p>ICE leadership in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Denver, El Paso, San Diego, Seattle/Portland, and New Orleans will be replaced with Border Patrol officials, according to sources familiar with the plan.</p>
<p>An internal message informing Homeland Security personnel of the changes came from senior adviser Corey Lewandowski, whose role is temporary and similar to that of Elon Musk&#8217;s former position in the White House, sources said.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a s*** show &#8230; this is all Corey Lewandowski,&#8221; one source fumed. &#8220;He wants power.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Noem isn&#8217;t even in control, it&#8217;s all Corey,&#8221; the source added.</p>
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<div id="attachment_75114" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75114" class="wp-image-75114 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2019/12/GettyImages-1175378124.jpg" alt="Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill September 17, 2019 in Washington, DC." width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2019/12/GettyImages-1175378124.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2019/12/GettyImages-1175378124-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2019/12/GettyImages-1175378124-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-75114" class="wp-caption-text">Corey Lewandowski serves as a special government employee at DHS (Alex Wong/Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Lewandowski is at odds with Trump&#8217;s Border Czar Tom Homan and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons over the mass deportation targets, sources said. Homan and Lyons want more criminals arrested, while Lewandowski is only concerned with increasing numbers.</p>
<p>Border Patrol has largely made arrests during sweeps of Home Depot parking lots and car washes, facing legal backlash for the operations.</p>
<p>Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino is set to testify in a federal court in Chicago after he allegedly used tear gas on anti-ICE agitators in possible violation of a court order.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re &#8220;used to being on the border&#8221; and don&#8217;t have as much experience &#8220;working in the community,&#8221; where they must &#8220;build relationships&#8221; and develop intelligence to target the worst of the worst, said a source.</p>
<p>However, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on X that &#8220;this is one team, one fight,&#8221; adding that Miller, Homan, Lyons, Bovino, Lewandowski, and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan are &#8220;patriots who wake up every day to make this country and its people safer.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;President Trump has a brilliant, tenacious team led by @Sec_Noem to deliver on the American people’s mandate to remove criminal illegal aliens from this country,&#8221; McLaughlin wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;As we said, we have no personnel changes to announce right now but we remain laser focused on RESULTS and we will deliver,&#8221; she added.</p>
<div id="attachment_992229" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-992229" class="wp-image-992229 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/GettyImages-2222293764-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><p id="caption-attachment-992229" class="wp-caption-text">Lewandowski is seen seated next to Noem during a meeting with the president of Guatemala in June. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Questions have also arisen about Lewandowski&#8217;s ability to call any shots at DHS, since his role has a 130-day limit.</p>
<p>By mid-August, Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, had logged 69 days, DHS <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/14/us-news/lewandowski-has-only-worked-69-days-under-noem-with-61-still-to-go-dhs-says-after-concerns-over-his-special-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/white-house-dhs-lewandowski-noem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in August that Lewandowski was serving as Noem&#8217;s &#8220;de facto chief of staff&#8221; who &#8220;has gamed the system by undercounting his work hours to avoid leaving his unpaid job when he should have.&#8221;</p>
<p>This reporter observed Lewandowski introduce himself to officials in ICE&#8217;s Phoenix office as &#8220;chief of staff&#8221; while on a ride-along with Noem.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re hearing that Corey&#8217;s doing everything — failing to swipe in, working from home, whatever — to undercount his days. It&#8217;s fair to say his work is being watched now,&#8221; a White House official told Axios.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s lying about his special government employee status 100%,&#8221; a source told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>DHS, however, dismissed the claims.</p>
<p>“Such an allegation that Mr. Lewandowski is using other people&#8217;s email and phones is categorically FALSE and bizarre,&#8221; McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Lewandowski is a Special Government Employee. Mr. Lewandowski’s time is kept by a career DHS employee who submits the paperwork on a bi-weekly basis. He has completed all of the required Office of Government Ethics forms, including a full financial disclosure and any investments by his family. Mr. Lewandowski does not receive a salary or any federal government benefits. He volunteers his time to serve the American people. He serves as an advisor. The Secretary, like all previous Secretaries, has various senior advisors,&#8221; she added.</p>

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