A major shakeup is underway inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and it could hit leadership in Seattle and Portland.

Sources tell CBS News up to a dozen senior ICE field office chiefs nationwide are being reassigned as the White House pushes to triple daily immigration arrests, from roughly 900 to 3,000 per day.

Among those reportedly affected are ICE leaders in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Philadelphia, El Paso, New Orleans, Seattle, and Portland, where some could be replaced by handpicked officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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