Venturella will helm the immigration enforcement agency after previously serving in an executive role at GEO Group.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that David Venturella, a former executive at the private prison company GEO Group, will become the new acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the agency, said on Tuesday that Venturella would replace Todd Lyons, who is leaving the government on May 31.
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“Dave Venturella will serve as acting ICE director following Todd Lyons’ departure,” DHS said in a statement.
ICE has played a key role in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign,…
