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Top ICE Goon Quits Trump Admin After Scandal-Plagued Year
April 17, 2026
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Kent Nishimura / REUTERSPresident Donald Trump’s acting ICE director is jumping ship after just over a year in the role.Todd Lyons said he will be leaving the federal government in June to spend more time with his family in Massachusetts, CBS News reported on Thursday night.Reached for comment, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told the Daily Beast in a statement: “Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from American communities.
He jumpstarted an agency that had not been allowed to do its job for four years. Thanks to his leadership, American communities are safer.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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