Trump nominates former Oklahoma state trooper to head ICE - BERITAJA

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supplier is seen successful Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. Erin Hooley/AP

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President Trump says he's nominating Lance Schroyer, who served arsenic an Oklahoma authorities trooper and pinch the U.S. Marines, arsenic the adjacent head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The information follows months of scrutiny complete the agency's fierce migration strategies and aft Todd Lyons resigned arsenic acting ICE head astatine the extremity of May. David Venturella, a longtime ICE charismatic and erstwhile executive of a backstage situation corporation, has been starring the agency successful an acting capacity since June.

On his Truth Social platform, Trump described Schroyer arsenic a "PATRIOT pinch existent operational experience, and proven leader pinch DECADES of acquisition locking up the worst of the worst."

"He LOVES the men and women of ICE," Trump added.

If confirmed, Schroyer would partner pinch a chap Oklahoman to instrumentality the Trump administration's arguable migration crackdown. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, is led by Secretary Markwayne Mullin, a erstwhile congressman for Oklahoma.

Mullin praised Schroyer's nomination connected the societal media level X.

"With complete 29 years of rule enforcement experience, Lance will play a captious domiciled successful helping present connected the President's instruction from the American group to target, arrest, and deport forbidden aliens," he wrote.

Schroyer presently serves arsenic the elder advisor to Mullin and oversees coordination of migration enforcement, according to a DHS statement.

Echoing Trump, Mullin called for a speedy Senate confirmation for Schroyer. ICE hasn't had a Senate-confirmed head since the Obama administration.