U.S. immigration agency interim head Todd Lyons to step down

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Todd Lyons, will leave his post at the agency charged with enforcing U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown in May, the Homeland Security Secretary announced Thursday (April 16, 2026).

Todd Lyons “has been a great leader of ICE,” said Markwayne Mullin in a statement, adding that his last day would be May 31 and wishing him luck in his “next opportunity in the private sector.”