Todd Lyons to Step Down as ICE Director on May 31

Stephen Miller has been less visible in recent months while conducting what officials described as a choreographed retreat from the spotlight, The Independent reported. U.S. immigration policy, according to senior administration sources cited by The Daily Beast.

U.S. immigration policy rather than Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the sources said. One senior administration source said Mullin made a point to tell Miller how well he had been doing so far.

"Miller and Homan are in lock step. It’s almost like a tag team," one of the sources told The Daily Beast. The Trump administration has simultaneously backed away from its most aggressive immigration tactics after agents shot two protesters and the White House drew down the immigration force in Minnesota.

The administration fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. It directed agents to cut back on cuffing immigrants in courthouses and carrying out warrantless arrests. The Border Patrol’s hard-charging Gregory Bovino, who led the roving “turn and burn” force of masked agents making arrests across the country, returned to his sector in California and then retired.

The administration ditched a fast-track immigration agent training program it had adopted last year. Immigration arrests fell sharply after their late 2025 / early 2026 peak, according to an April analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. U.S.

Immigration policy when the administration selects a new director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Todd Lyons plans to step down as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 31. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wants Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado to lead ICE.

David Venturella, who oversees DHS detention center contractors and is a former private prison executive, is seen as an ally of Tom Homan’s and a potential pick for ICE director. The White House pointed to a previous statement from communications director Steven Cheung when asked by The Independent about the reported strategic move.

"Stephen Miller is one of President Trump’s most trusted and longest serving aides.

Stephen has worked relentlessly to expeditiously implement every facet of the President’s America First agenda and he will continue to do so. The President loves Stephen and the White House staff respects him tremendously," the statement read. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Mullin works closely with President Trump, Stephen Miller, and Tom Homan.

"This is one team, and we have one fight to secure the homeland. " Critics said they would not be satisfied until Miller was out of government completely. Rep. Delia C. Ramirez of Illinois, whose home state was hit hard by immigration operations, wrote on X on Monday that "Until Stephen Miller is fired, he is still the architect of the Trump regime and its white-nationalist, fascist mandate to terrorize our neighbors and profit from our pain.