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Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to be ICE director
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump has nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper with over 29 years of law enforcement experience, to be the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), replacing Todd Lyons.
- Schroyer, currently a senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, lacks specific ICE experience, which may surprise agency personnel; acting director David Venturella will remain until Schroyer’s Senate confirmation.
- Both Trump and Mullin emphasized the urgency of Schroyer’s confirmation, highlighting his role in advancing the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement and deportation policies.
- Schroyer’s nomination follows recent Supreme Court rulings favoring Trump’s immigration agenda, including removing protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants and easing asylum regulations at the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Amid concerns over ICE’s detention practices, the Department of Homeland Security watchdog has launched reviews into detainee deaths and use-of-force standards after 20 deaths in ICE detention this year.
