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Acting ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency this spring

newsApr 16, 2026553

Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons will leave the federal government later this spring, CBS News reports. Lyons has led ICE in an acting capacity for more than a year. His planned departure creates a leadership vacancy at ICE that the Department of Homeland Security will need to fill.

Key Highlights

Todd Lyons will leave the federal government later this spring.
Lyons has led ICE in an acting capacity for more than a year.
Department of Homeland Security must name a successor to fill the vacancy.
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