Todd Lyons

Todd Michael Lyons (born c. 1973) is a law enforcement officer who served as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 2025 to 2026. Lyons attended Boston College High School and later graduated from New England College with a master's degree in criminal justice leadership. Lyons served in the United States Air Force starting in 1993 and entered law enforcement in 1999 in Florida. After the September 11 attacks he was recalled to active duty and was deployed overseas, serving as the Antiterrorism/force protection liaison for the Special Operations Command Central. Lyons joined U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division as an immigration enforcement agent in 2007. He began his service in Dallas, Texas. He served as the chief of staff for the ERO Dallas Field Office director from August 2014 to March 2015 and as an assistant field office director in ERO Dallas from April 2015 to September 2017. After working for ICE in Dallas, Lyons began working for the agency in Boston, Massachusetts. He held the title of field office director for ERO in Boston, thus overseeing all ERO activities across six states in New England. In October 2024, he was promoted to the position of acting assistant director of field operations for ICE.