Acting ICE director Todd Lyons will step down at the end of May, says DHS

Lyons, who led agency since March 2025, to resign after turbulent year carrying out Trump’s immigration agenda

Todd Lyons, the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is stepping down after a turbulent year carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

Lyons, who has been leading the agency since March 2025, will resign at the end of May and move to the private sector, Markwayne ​Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, said in a statement on Thursday.