Trump administration plans to name David Venturella as interim ICE chief after Lyons' departure
Venturella is a longtime immigration official with prior GEO Group ties as DHS seeks a quieter enforcement approach after a turbulent year.
- The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that David Venturella will serve as the next acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, who leaves his post on May 31.
- Before rejoining the agency last year, Venturella worked as an executive at The GEO Group, a private prison firm holding ICE detention contracts, and began his career in 1986 at the former Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- As Republicans push to pass a roughly $70 billion reconciliation package to fund ICE and CBP, Democrats are expected to scrutinize Venturella's past ties to the detention industry, though ICE stated he has divested from GEO.
- Supporters describe Venturella as "definitely on board with the mission and the mass deportation agenda," while White House border czar Tom Homan said the agency has shifted to a "smarter" and "targeted" enforcement strategy.
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"Dave Venturella will serve as acting ICE director following Todd Lyons' departure," the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said in a statement.
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Veteran ICE Official David Venturella Chosen to Lead Agency Amid Immigration Debate
Longtime immigration official David Venturella has been selected to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency following the announced departure of acting director Todd ... The post Veteran ICE Official David Venturella Chosen to Lead Agency Amid Immigration Debate first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Agent David Venturella, with 20 years of experience within the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE), is profiled as the next interim director of the agency to replace Todd Lyons, who will leave office on 31 May.Venturella, who has been at least two decades inside ICE, although intermittently, will be the new authority of the institution starting in June, according to reports from officials of the Department of National Security cited by local m…
The Trump administration confirmed this Tuesday that David Venturella will be the next interim head of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE). Venturella, a career officer passing through the private prison company GEO Group, returned to the agency last year and will replace Todd Lyons, who announced his departure in April and will leave office on May 31. The relief comes at a delicate time for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS…
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