White House blasts POLITICO report on acting ICE chief hospitalizations as ‘inaccurate trash’

The White House sharply disputed a POLITICO report published Thursday that said acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has been hospitalized multiple times in recent months as he works to carry out the Trump administration's immigration agenda.

The reporting cited current and former administration officials who described Lyons as under intense strain, while the White House publicly rejected the account and defended his leadership.

"He would be visibly upset and struggling to make the decisions that were needed to be made by the director...