Overview
- President Trump announced he will nominate Lance Schroyer to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a choice publicized on Saturday and now awaiting Senate consideration.
- Schroyer is described by the administration as an Oklahoma ex-state trooper and former U.S. Marine with more than 29 years in law enforcement and hands-on work under the 287(g) program.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called Schroyer a "great choice" and urged the Senate to confirm him quickly, noting the agency has not had a Senate-confirmed director in about 11 years.
- ICE remains under acting director David Venturella after the spring resignation of Todd Lyons, following a period of higher arrest activity and scrutiny over lethal federal-agent shootings earlier this year.
- If confirmed, Schroyer would steer ICE toward a tougher enforcement posture that could speed deportations and expand cooperation with local law enforcement, a shift that rights groups warn could raise civil-rights and oversight concerns and that the Senate vote will determine.