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Acting US ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May
Lyons will depart after leading deportation crackdowns, and DHS said he will move to the private sector after more than a year in the post.
- On Thursday, Acting Director Todd Lyons announced plans to leave the federal government this spring, creating a leadership void at the agency helm.
- Under Lyons, ICE secured $75 billion via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and he signed a May 2025 memo authorizing agents to forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants.
- Democrats in Congress have criticized the agency's operations as inhumane, and protests erupted after fatal shootings of two Americans in Minnesota earlier this year.
- Finding a successor for Lyons will be one of the first major decisions for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who called Lyons "a great leader."
- ICE has operated without a Senate-confirmed director since early 2017, relying for nearly a decade on a rotating series of acting directors.
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ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.
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