Read our Privacy noticeOverseeing Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign and government-wide anti-immigration efforts is a constellation of longtime loyalists, law enforcement officials and advisers spread across federal agencies. That mission is dovetailing with his campaign of “retribution” against political opponents, whose cities have been occupied by federal officers and National Guard troops under his direction. Democratic members of Congress and some Republicans are now demanding Noem’s resignation, with Democrats warning that impeachment investigations are imminent unless she steps down after federal officers fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis. He tapped David Venturella, a former executive for private prison contractor GEO Group, to support the administration’s deportation agenda. Before he tapped to lead ICE, which is often the shorthand for federal immigration officers and immigration enforcement generally, Lyons was a top official at the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations bureau.