Sergio Martinez Beltran

Navigators Security and Defense told NPR Todd Lyons is a senior vice president focusing on U.S.

defense strategy and international security.

The company says it does not engage in lobbying activities and that under federal law, Lyons cannot engage with DHS for a year.

Lyons served as ICE's acting director from March 2025 until last month.

During his tenure, ICE agents carried out some of the Trump administration's most aggressive immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Lyons stepped down after facing intense pressure to meet a 3,000-person daily arrest quota imposed by the White House.

Despite the agency's aggressive tactics, the quota was never met.

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin, Texas.

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Omar Artan was one of the 52 center referees selected to officiate the FIFA World Cup.

Artan, a decorated referee, is from Somalia.

On Saturday, he landed at the Miami International Airport where Customs and Border Protection agents interrogated him.

CBP says Arten was determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns and was denied entry.

CBP did not say what those concerns were and Arten did not respond to NPR's request for comment.

This is the latest example of Trump's immigration policies potentially affecting the World Cup, something policy experts and soccer fans have voiced concerns about.

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin, Texas.

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Boston federal judge Leo Sorokin ruled the $100,000 fee constituted a tax, something the president has no authority to implement.

Before, the cost of H-1B visa petitions ranged from $960 to about $7,500.

This ruling gives relief to employers, although the White House has said it will appeal.