The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, has said that the agency will begin cracking down on companies that are employing illegal aliens.
Lyons discussed the agency’s plans during an interview with Face the Nation on CBS.
In addition to holding companies accountable, they will also be arresting anyone found in the country illegally, whether they have a criminal record or not, though they will prioritize catching “the worst of the worst.”
“What’s, again, frustrating for me is the fact that we would love to focus on these criminal aliens that are inside a jail facility,” Lyons said.”A local law enforcement agency, state agency already deemed that person a public safety threat and arrested them and they’re in detention.”
“I’d much rather focus all of our limited resources on that to take them into custody, but we do have to go out into the community and make those arrests, and that’s where you are seeing (that) increase in so-called ‘collateral’ arrests,” Lyons continued.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells @camiloreports that the agency will take people into custody if they are in the U.S. illegally, even if they do not otherwise have a criminal record — something he acknowledges as “collateral arrests.” pic.twitter.com/OzyalJUqd5
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 20, 2025
Lyons explained, If the agents encounter someone who is here in the country illegally, “we will take them into custody.”
This represents a sharp reversal from Biden-era policies, which effectively banned collateral arrests.
“ICE is always focused on the worst of the worst,” Lyons said. “One difference you’ll see now is under this administration, we have opened up the whole aperture of the immigration portfolio.”
Lyons also said worksite immigration enforcement will continue, and the operations often uncover forced or child labor.
“Not only are we focused on those individuals that are, you know, working here illegally, we’re focused on these American companies that are actually exploiting these laborers, these people that came here for a better life,” Lyons said.
CBS reports, “Asked to confirm that ICE plans to hold those employing immigrants in the U.S. illegally accountable — and not just arrest the workers themselves — Lyons said, ‘One hundred percent.’”
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