David Venturella to Be New Acting Chief for ICE: DHS Spokesperson

Venturella will succeed acting director Todd Lyons, who will leave the agency at the end of May.

A member of the Department of Homeland Security ICE Special Response Team (SRT) displays a unit patch on their uniform during a protest at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. Carlos Barria/Reuters

David Venturella is set to become the next acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to The Epoch Times on Tuesday.

Venturella will succeed acting director Todd Lyons, who will leave the agency at the end of May, DHS announced last month. Lyons, a two-decade veteran of the agency, was named acting director in March 2025 by then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and was tasked with executing the Trump administration’s enforcement of federal immigration laws.