US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin dropped a bombshell Thursday: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons will leave his post on May 31. The announcement comes as ICE faces 🔥 intense scrutiny over detention facility conditions and enforcement tactics.
Lyons, who took the reins in March 2025 under former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, faced tough questions earlier Thursday from lawmakers about rising deaths in custody. A House Appropriations subcommittee grilled him on plans to expand detention capacity – a hot-button issue in this year’s DHS funding stalemate.
The agency’s been under a microscope 📸 since January’s fatal shooting of two Minneapolis residents by federal agents. While Democrats push for ICE reforms, Republicans have stonewalled changes, leaving the DHS in shutdown mode for two months and counting.
With Lyons’ exit looming, all eyes are on who’ll navigate ICE through this political minefield next. Could this leadership shakeup break the funding deadlock? Stay tuned.
