Lance Schroyer ICE Director Nomination: US President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Lance Schroyer, a former police officer from Oklahoma, to be the next director of the controversial US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. Schroyer would succeed Todd Lyons, appointed acting director of ICE in March 2025. Lyons stepped down from the position in May, a few weeks after the dismissal of then secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem. Lyons, Noem and Gregory Bovino, the former head of Customs and Border Control, were the face of Trump's mass deportation campaign when it was at its most visible and controversial point some months ago.
Individuals nominated to head federal agencies are supposed to be confirmed by the Senate, but that has not happened with ICE since 2017. Since then, its leaders have served in that capacity as interim directors.
