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Marcos Charles

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Positions

Acting Executive Associate Director, ICE ERO (2025-present)

Field Office Director, ICE ERO

Organizations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Department of Homeland Security

Last Updated

January 26, 2026

Description

Acting Executive Associate Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (2025-present), leading the deportation branch responsible for arrests and removals. Appointed after previous leadership was purged for not meeting deportation quotas.

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Evidence

Appointed to lead ICE's deportation branch after previous leadership removed for not meeting Stephen Miller's goal of 3,000 arrests per day

Defended ICE targeting of 5-year-old child in Minnesota, claiming officers targeted the father

Defended raids as 'targeted enforcement looking for the worst of the worst' while ICE conducted mass sweeps in communities

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