Acting ICE Director Lyons to Depart by Month’s End Amid Immigration Controversies
TL;DR
Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, will resign at the end of May to move into the private sector, with DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin praising his leadership but not naming a successor. Lyons’ tenure coincided with aggressive immigration enforcement, expanded ICE staffing, and public controversy over shootings, detention conditions, and court challenges, alongside rising anti-ICE sentiment and ongoing political scrutiny.
- Acting ICE director Todd Lyons will step down at the end of May, says DHS The Guardian
- Acting ICE Director Says He Plans to Resign in May The New York Times
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency CNN
- Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons resigns, a year into Trump’s deportation campaign The Washington Post
- Todd Lyons, ICE head and South Boston native, on why he’s leaving the Trump administration The Boston Globe
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