President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency that has spurred controversy amid the administration’s ramped-up deportation efforts.
Schroyer currently serves as a senior adviser to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “overseeing the strategic coordination of immigration enforcement and serving as the liaison among local, regional, and federal law enforcement agencies,” the agency said in a press release.
A former Marine, he previously served as a major in the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety’s Emergency Services Unit, where he directed specialized units tasked with operations including disaster response, civil disturbance and immigration enforcement, DHS said in its release.
“Lance has firsthand experience getting Illegal Aliens OFF our streets and, just like ME and our Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, he LOVES the men and women of ICE,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump, who called Schroyer a “proven leader” with over 29 years of law enforcement experience, urged the Senate to immediately confirm him as ICE director. The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since the Obama administration.
