President Donald Trump has officially put Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on notice. Unhappy with what he considers a sluggish start to his signature mass deportation agenda, Trump is overhauling ICE’s top leadership — and the message couldn’t be clearer: move faster or move aside.

ICE confirmed the changes Thursday, announcing the retirement of Acting Executive Associate Director Ken Genalo. Also out is Robert Hammer, a longtime Homeland Security Investigations chief, who is being moved into a new role. Other sweeping changes are hitting the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, the Management and Administration Directorate, and multiple field operations.

In short, the entire deportation arm of the U.S. government just got a shakeup.

“Organizational realignments will help ICE achieve President Trump and the American people’s mandate of arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens and making American communities safe,” ICE said in a statement.

The shakeup comes after internal frustration mounted over the pace of deportations in Trump’s second term. While the Department of Homeland Security reported that over 158,000 illegal aliens had been arrested and 65,600 deported within the first 100 days, Trump insiders have been pushing for more — and faster.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said the administration’s daily goal is 3,000 deportations. That’s a staggering number — and one Trump expects his agencies to hit.

While Trump loyalists like border czar Tom Homan defended the agents’ work, saying, “there are men and women out there enforcing the law and making this country safe again,” the administration clearly believes the bureaucracy hasn’t kept pace with the president’s expectations.

The shakeup comes just days after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that ICE arrested an illegal alien who threatened to assassinate Trump in a chilling letter. That incident further underlined Trump’s longstanding argument: illegal immigration is not just a policy issue — it’s a national security emergency.

Legal battles and activist lawsuits have slowed deportation efforts. But Trump has made it clear he’s done playing defense. Thursday’s personnel overhaul sends a message to every agency head: fall in line with the president’s priorities or face removal.

The Trump team is not waiting for legacy bureaucrats to catch up. They’re retooling ICE into a leaner, faster deportation machine — one that doesn’t hesitate when American safety is on the line.

With Trump pushing for a record-setting pace, the next phase of his immigration crackdown is underway — and nobody in Washington is safe from accountability.