ICE Acting Director Steps Down Amid Immigration Crackdown

0:00Big news out of ICI, Acting Director Todd Lyons is stepping down at the end of May, wrapping up his role as a top player in President Trump's push for. Mass deportations. Lyons started with the agency back in 2007 as an enforcement agent in Texas, and under his watch, ice got a huge cash boost from. Congress to hire more staff and build up detention centers. They cranked up arrests and even wrote out a memo, giving officers broad powers to enter homes without warrants. Leaders are singing his praises. Homeland Security's Mark Wayne Mullin called him a great leader who made community safer, the White House labeled him. An American patriot and Trump's borders are, Dom Homan said he served selflessly. But public opinion tells a different story. A recent poll showed most Americans, even independence, view ice unfavorably. That backlash spiked after enforcement ops in places like Chicago and Minneapolis, where protests turned deadly. No word yet on why he's leaving or who's taking over.

1:00But his exit comes right as the administration ramps up its immigration crackdown. Keep an eye on how this shakes out for border policy moving forward. From your city, powered by AI, this is California News Today.