The official, Caleb Vitello, was in the role in an acting capacity and under pressure to step up enforcement after other top ICE officials were reassigned last week. Vitello will now oversee enforcement operations but not have an administrative role,

Caleb Vitello has been removed from his post as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to The Wall Street Journal. A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman told the Journal that Vitello "will remain at ICE and will head the office responsible for arrests and deportations.