{"id":504952,"date":"2026-04-16T22:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/acting-ice-chief-and-supervisor-of-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-resigns\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:25:55","slug":"acting-ice-chief-and-supervisor-of-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/acting-ice-chief-and-supervisor-of-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting ICE chief and supervisor of Trump's mass deportation plan resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Washington .- <\/strong>The acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\"><strong>ICE<\/strong><\/a>), Todd Lyons, submitted his resignation letter on Thursday to the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, after having been in charge of overseeing the mass deportation plan of the Donald Trump Administration.\n\nLyons' decision was preceded by the head of Homeland Security in a statement in which he referred to the head of ICE as \"a great leader\".\n\nMullin added that Lyons will officially leave his position on May 31st, at the end of the US spring.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OBJ_20260416T155903S0008I_1_1_1_47_3_1.webp?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"ICE Director\" class=\"wp-image-2625525\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El director interino del Servicio de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos, Todd Lyons, en una fotograf\u00eda de archivo. EFE\/EPA\/Matt Kaminsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-director-saliente-de-ice-testifico-en-el-congreso\"><strong>Outgoing ICE Director Testified in Congress<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\nHours before his resignation was announced, Lyons testified before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, where he answered questions from lawmakers about the unprecedented number of deaths in ICE custody and the agency's future plans for detention space, among other topics.\n\nAccording to official data, half a hundred migrants detained by ICE have died in their centers so far this year.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\"> Almost a third of cigarettes consumed in America are smuggled<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/category\/internacionales\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\nLyons was at the head of ICE during the mass raids ordered by the then Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, where different human rights organizations reported violations and in January two U.S. citizens died from shots fired by immigration agents in Minneapolis.\n\nWith Lyons' departure, the position to lead the agency is vacant and since the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017) no director of ICE voted by the Senate has been appointed.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington .- The acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Todd Lyons, submitted his resignation letter on Thursday to the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, after having been in charge of overseeing the mass deportation plan of the Donald Trump Administration. 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