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Lyons, who supervised agents who swept through U.S. cities and conducted mass arrests of noncitizens, plans to take a position in the private sector.

"Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and a key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from American communities," Mullin said in a statement. "Thanks to his leadership, American communities are safer."