Summary
Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), plans to leave the agency this spring to spend more time with his family. Lyons has led ICE during President Donald Trump’s intensified efforts to deport immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since March 2025.
Key Facts
- Todd Lyons has been acting director of ICE since March 2025.
- He plans to leave ICE in June to be with his family in Massachusetts.
- Lyons is a 20-year ICE veteran who started as an agent in Dallas in 2007.
- ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed leader since early 2017.
- Lyons supported President Trump’s deportation crackdown but sometimes disagreed with other administration decisions.
- After Lyons leaves, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will choose a new ICE leader.
- Under Lyons, ICE pushed to hire thousands of new deportation agents with $7.5 billion in funding.
- Lyons signed a memo allowing ICE agents to enter homes without warrants in some cases, a change in policy.
