Trump taps David Venturella, former private prison executive, to lead ICE

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: May 13, 2026Country: United States
Politics
Trump taps David Venturella, former private prison executive, to lead ICE

The Trump administration announced that David Venturella, a former executive at the private prison company GEO Group, will become the new acting director of ICE. He will replace Todd Lyons, who is leaving the government on May 31. ICE has played a key role in the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign, benefiting private contractors like GEO Group, whose stock price has risen by 55% over the last six months.

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