Which is why I don’t understand efforts to disband ICE. People in the US illegally will still be deported, it’s just a change in who will do the deporting. DHS could absorb ICE, rebadge those folks, and now DHS is handling deportations.
The hope is that by disbanding ICE and handing its responsibilities over to new management with a better track record, we might get a better outcome.
I don’t think the proponents of this plan would support simply rebadging current ICE employees without some kind of filtering process.
(I don’t have a strong opinion on the matter, just restating the arguments as I understand them.)