Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to Leave Agency at End of May

Lyons’s last day is May 31, and he will move to the private sector, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.

Todd Lyons, acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Todd Lyons, the acting director for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave the agency at the end of May, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday.

Lyons is scheduled to work through May 31 and will then take a job in the private sector, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to The Epoch Times.