Overview

• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Todd Lyons as the new acting director of ICE and Madison Sheahan as deputy director.
• The leadership changes follow the reassignment of former acting director Caleb Vitello due to dissatisfaction with the pace of deportations.
• Todd Lyons, a longtime ICE official and former Air Force member, has held various enforcement roles, including overseeing operations across 25 U.S. field offices.
• Madison Sheahan, previously the secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, has prior ties to Noem from her time as South Dakota governor.
• The Trump administration aims to reinvigorate ICE operations, which have not met deportation levels seen during the Biden administration's final year.