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Todd Lyons to Step Down as ICE Director on May 31
Stephen Miller has stepped back from public view in a choreographed retreat while continuing to shape U.S. immigration enforcement alongside border czar Tom Homan. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has told Miller he is performing well as the administration scales back some aggressive tactics following incidents in Minnesota.
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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.
