Madison Sheahan was once the public face of President Donald Trump's deportation drive. The 28-year-old former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deputy director is now fighting claims she hid a two-year sexual relationship with a 19-year-old campaign subordinate, just 12 days before the Ohio Republican primary she hopes to win.
Sheahan resigned as ICE's second-in-command on 15 January to run in Ohio's 9th Congressional District, a historically Democratic seat held by Rep. Marcy Kaptur since 1983 and redrawn last year to favour Republicans. A former Noem political director who grew up in Curtice, Ohio, she joined ICE in March 2025 and oversaw operational and recruitment efforts during Trump's second-term immigration crackdown.
