Staff Reports
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons faced a hostile House Homeland Security panel on February 10, 2026 and made one thing plain: ICE will not retreat from the job of enforcing our laws, and he pledged to release bodycam footage from recent Minnesota operations to clear the air. Lyons stood firm defending the agency’s removals and promised transparency even as Democrats lobbed rhetorical grenades that have real-world consequences for his officers.
Lyons warned lawmakers that his people are operating in the most dangerous environment the agency has seen in decades, with agents and their families being stalked, harassed, and even doxxed online. He explained why officers choose to mask up: not to hide wrongdoing, but to protect their children and spouses from targeted threats that have escalated sharply.
This abuse of speech — publishing home addresses and encouraging mobs to threaten federal employees — crossed a line when private citizens allegedly plastered Director Lyons’s address and other personal details online, an act that conservatives and law-abiding Americans should condemn. Reports that those who helped expose ICE families were publicly identified and suffered consequences underline the chaotic, two-way nature of this modern information warfare.
Make no mistake: the constant drumbeat from some elected officials and activist outlets that equates law enforcement with tyranny doesn’t merely inflame rhetoric — it endangers Americans doing a dangerous job for the rest of us. Lyons was right to call this out at the hearing; when politicians cheer on doxxers and agitators, they create a menu of targets for extremists and cartels who already traffic in violence.
If we believe in the rule of law, we must demand that doxxers be prosecuted and that social platforms stop serving as staging grounds for intimidation against public servants. At the same time, commonsense transparency like body cameras should be paired with protections for families and vigorous enforcement against those who publish private, identifying information.
Patriots should stand with the men and women who put themselves between the American people and lawlessness, not with mobs who chase headlines at the expense of safety. Lyons reported that ICE carried out hundreds of thousands of removals while building capacity to keep our communities secure, and that mission deserves our support as lawmakers fix the gaps that leave agents exposed.
