Acting ICE director says he's resigning amid record-breaking shutdown

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President Trump's top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official, Todd Lyons, said he would resign on Thursday as acting director, adding to the list of leadership shakeups at the Department of Homeland Security.

His exit, which will be effective May 31, comes amid continued scrutiny of his agency's aggressive immigration tactics and a record-long funding lapse from Congress that resulted in a lack of pay for ICE attorneys, investigators and administrative staff. It was not immediately clear why he was leaving.

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The ICE director must be confirmed by the Senate; Lyons had only been serving in an acting capacity. There has not been a Senate-confirmed ICE director since the Obama administration.

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