Todd M. Lyons serves as the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Bulwark TakesSep 5, 2026
As of the claim's date (2026-09-05), Todd Lyons no longer served as acting ICE director: he was in the role from March 2025 to May 31, 2026, and David Venturella had replaced him.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… He was working hard out there, and this is exactly what but those recruits will do as they're picked one by one, and they're at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia. This place is amazing. You should see it for yourself. He hit the shooting range, too. He was out there with the acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. It's hard to tell who had the better shot there. They were both pretty good. The obstacle course and more propaganda there for friends of Fox. You could tell I did take a had to take a principled stand for Maria there. …
Bulwark Takes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. AP and BBC reported on April 17, 2026 that Lyons would resign and leave on May 31, 2026, as confirmed by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.[1][4]
Contradicts. Wikipedia lists Lyons's term as acting director as March 9, 2025 to May 31, 2026, and NPR reported on June 15, 2026 that he had stepped down and been succeeded by David Venturella.[5][6][7]
Supports. Lyons was named acting ICE director in March 2025 and held the post through spring 2026, so the claim was accurate for the period before his departure.[2][3][8]
Context. The extraction is faithful to the post, which calls him 'the acting ICE Director Todd Lyons', so the issue is the present tense as of the posting date rather than an added detail.
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of Mayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Expanded Leadership to Revamp ...dhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3[PDF] Todd M. Lyons biography - Congress.govdocs.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Acting ICE director Todd Lyons to leave agencybbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 5Ex-ICE head Todd Lyons lands new consulting jobnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 6Todd Lyons - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Former ICE leader lands new job consulting on national security and defensebpr.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 8Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to leave Homeland Security - WCNCwcnc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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