ICE is Trump’s Gestapo. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/trump-ice-raid-chicago-report
Yes, because they come under the direct purview of the WH, he can do what he wants with the DHS.
I remember reading that Trump wants the first 100 days to be 100 days of terror and vindictive attack (my words) on American society to cow us into submission.
Vought wants to inflict unrelenting trauma on the American public like Netanyahu does on the Israeli public and use it to quell resistance.