ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a key figure in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, will resign at the end of May, with his last day on May 31.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised Lyons as a great leader who helped make communities safer, while ICE under Lyons received increased funding to expand hiring, detention, and enforcement operations.
- Lyons’ tenure included controversial actions, such as aggressive immigration raids in cities like Chicago and Minneapolis, and scrutiny over the deaths of two American protesters linked to federal immigration officers.
- Lyons faced congressional questioning about ICE’s conduct and declined to apologize for the administration’s characterization of one protester involved in a fatal shooting, citing ongoing investigations.
- Lyons’ departure comes amid ongoing political battles over ICE’s role and funding, with the agency remaining a contentious issue in Congress and public opinion largely unfavorable.
