Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced a new acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, just weeks after the agency's previous director was reassigned.

Todd Lyons, the former assistant director of field operations for ICE’s enforcement arm, will serve as the acting director for the agency. Noem also tapped Madison Sheahan, her former aide as governor of South Dakota, to be the agency’s deputy director.

"Todd Lyons and Madison Sheahan are work horses, strong executors, and accountable leaders who will lead the men and women of ICE to achieve the American people’s mandate to target, arrest and deport illegal aliens," Noem said in a statement,

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