Donald Trump nominates Lance Schroyer to serve as ICE director
Key takeaways
- The US immigration enforcement agency has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017, during Trump’s first term.
- On Saturday, Trump revealed Lance Schroyer as his pick, praising his 29 years of law enforcement experience, as well as his service as a US Marine.
- “Just like ME and our Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, he LOVES the men and women of ICE,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
The US immigration enforcement agency has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017, during Trump’s first term.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump waves as he walks into the White House on June 27 [Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026United States President Donald Trump has nominated a former Oklahoma state trooper to serve as the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one of the primary agencies charged with carrying out his mass deportation campaign.
On Saturday, Trump revealed Lance Schroyer as his pick, praising his 29 years of law enforcement experience, as well as his service as a US Marine.