Acting ICE director Todd Lyons to leave agency

Lyons, who oversaw hundreds of thousands of deportations, will step away from the role after 31 May.

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons has announced his resignation, effective May 31, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised Lyons' leadership and wished him success in his future endeavors in the private sector.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will resign at the end of May 2026. Appointed in March 2025, Lyons oversaw the agency during President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, including expanded arrests and controversial high-profile operations in cities like Chicago and Minneapolis.

Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is planning to leave the federal government later this spring, after leading the agency at the forefront of President Trump's deportation crackdown for over a year. Lyons, a two-decade ICE veteran, told colleagues that he's planning to depart the agency in June to spend more time with family in Massachusetts.

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 ... . Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin described Lyons as a great leader of ICE who ... .

Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Donald Trump, has announced his resignation after just over a year in the role, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. His departure follows a tumultuous tenure marked by scandals, including a failed deportation crackdown in Minnesota that led to the deaths of two American citizens.