ICE announced Thursday that it was undergoing a “leadership realignment to support its increasing operational tempo.”
Ken Genalo, acting executive associate director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, will retire from his post and step down to the role of a special government employee. ICE cited it as a way to spend more time with his family since he has been based in Washington since January.
A former senior DHS official with firsthand knowledge of Genalo’s forthcoming retirement disputed why Genalo was leaving.
“I believe this announcement is trying to put a spin on the changes; Ken was told he had to go,” the official wrote in a text message. “Ken retired when they told him they no longer wanted him as the EAD and
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