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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to Step Down May 31

The departure underscores unresolved questions about ICE tactics, detention capacity, and deaths in custody.

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Todd Lyons, amtierender Direktor der US-Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde (ICE), sagt während einer Anhörung des House Committee on Homeland Security zur Aufsicht über das Department of Homeland Security aus.
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Overview

  • Homeland Security officials disclosed Thursday that Acting Director Todd Lyons will leave ICE on May 31.
  • No successor was named, leaving an agency without a Senate‑confirmed chief since the Obama era facing another acting transition.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised Lyons as a strong leader and wished him well in the private sector, while reports said Lyons told colleagues he wants more time with family.
  • Lyons helped drive President Trump’s mass‑deportation push, with about 379,000 arrests and more than 475,000 removals reported in the first year.
  • Operations under Lyons drew outcry after January shootings by federal agents killed U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and he faced House questioning Thursday over deaths in ICE custody and future detention plans.