'Visibly upset and struggling': Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say
Source: Politico
Acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice for stress-related issues as he has carried out President Donald Trumps aggressive immigration agenda strain that has caused him to struggle to make key decisions for the agency, according to two current and two former administration officials.
The hospitalizations took place over the last seven months. In one incident in December, Lyons security detail drove him to a hospital in Washington and he was admitted overnight, according to one former and two current administration officials. During an episode in September, the three people said Lyons was hospitalized for at least one night.
In a separate incident in Los Angeles over the summer, Lyons became so distressed when ICE agents couldnt locate a migrant on their target list after a ride along with top administration officials that one of his bodyguards took a portable defibrillator from a nearby government office to Lyons in case he needed medical intervention, according to one current and one former official.
During these episodes, the current and former officials said they saw Lyons break out into a full sweat, with his face turning deep red. They also attributed the source of the pressure to ramp up deportations to the White House and top adviser Stephen Miller, who yelled at Lyons during morning phone calls with administration officials, according to four people who were on the calls. Other officials disputed that Miller yelled at Lyons, with one saying the deputy chief of staff was merely passionate.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/todd-lyons-ice-stress-hospital-00848458
Fiendish Thingy
(23,281 posts)BlueKota
(5,363 posts)should be afraid of him.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,281 posts)Lets see how scary he is in front of a select House committee under oath.
COL Mustard
(8,245 posts)Works for me!
barbtries
(31,312 posts)with way too much power. miller needs to be excised from public life asap.
democratsruletheday
(1,885 posts)they are just like monkeys in the zoo throwing poo at each other.
Kid Berwyn
(24,438 posts)Grab the little NAZI by the nose and kick him in the pants. You will feel much better.
SunSeeker
(58,287 posts)It is this pathetic evil troll's wet dream to torture brown people, and ICE is his perfect instrument. Anyone who doesn't measure up to his desired level of evil is run through the meat grinder, like Lyons.
Deuxcents
(26,985 posts)AllyCat
(18,858 posts)F em.
RockRaven
(19,430 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,372 posts)Shipwack
(3,068 posts)Spazito
(55,576 posts)belpejic
(801 posts)Outside of the White House. Otherwise, why put up with the stress?
underpants
(196,583 posts)sop
(18,681 posts)capable of much worse when the cameras are turned off.
Cheezoholic
(3,722 posts)GiqueCee
(4,304 posts)... is "merely passionate" about destroying the lives of others. His goons have quotas to meet so they ignore, or refuse to accept, proof of legal residence or even citizenship, if they fit the "profile" meaning brown or black skin approved by the racist turds of the SCOTUS majority.
wnylib
(26,073 posts)weren't good ones. For optimal care, he should go to a detention center clinic. DHS says that they are giving excellent treatment.
BlueKota
(5,363 posts)can treat him. No medical degree required.
Norrrm
(5,101 posts)Response to highplainsdem (Original post)
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ClickClack
(90 posts)nuxvomica
(14,104 posts)I expect the longtimers are having the most trouble dealing with Miller because they know how ICE is supposed to work.
displacedvermoter
(4,565 posts)work, or resigning. That could perhaps save their own sanity and health.
CanonRay
(16,180 posts)Will he make it? I remember the feeling.
mucifer
(25,675 posts)presidencies. But, yeah, it's much worse now.
Blue Owl
(59,150 posts)Blue_Roses
(13,884 posts)and that is what makes him scarey. He uses yelling and intimidation to get his way. I've seen his head spin around and eyes bulge when his "word" is questioned. He's one who reacts to defiance by escalating the threats. He doesn't play well with others.
And he's just pure ugly...
barbtries
(31,312 posts)maybe he's finding it difficult to live with himself.
Gaytano70
(1,237 posts)You willingly work for Shitler and Baby Goebbles. Cry me a fucking river
Nasruddin
(1,264 posts)What makes people crawl over glass, sacrifice their health - at 45!! - for this cult?
What reward could possibly be worth this?
Mysterian
(6,512 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,622 posts)Clear your conscious- Good for the soul.
AllyCat
(18,858 posts)Norrrm
(5,101 posts)or guilt/shame for not meeting his quota of 'lesser' people?
Bluetus
(2,845 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,300 posts)riversedge
(80,872 posts)Scrivener7
(59,540 posts)Marcuse
(9,023 posts)Scrivener7
(59,540 posts)Unbitten
(17 posts)Good. Fuckim
TalenaGor
(1,221 posts)Martin68
(27,776 posts)kairos12
(13,598 posts)To hell with this NAZI.
hamsterjill
(17,592 posts)It's hard for me to have compassion for any of them. They took these jobs and they reap what they sow. I guess this one must have a little bit of a conscience, at least.
But he either needs to step away and declare that what he was asked to do was wrong and illegal, or he stays and he's one of them.
SouthBayDem
(33,295 posts)NBachers
(19,444 posts)GoneOffShore
(18,021 posts)Marthe48
(23,196 posts)Stop being a depraved war criminal, dick.
King_Klonopin
(1,382 posts)He hangs out with Hegseth too much. Symptoms described seem like alcohol withdrawal.
llmart
(17,626 posts)You know what's REALLY stressful??? Is having an ICE idiot shoot and kill you in the streets for no reason. That's stress. Maybe you should be on the receiving end of that behavior and then you'll have real stress. Now, go fuck off.
Mblaze
(1,050 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,750 posts)...not working for goddamned Nazis.
