President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The announcement came on June 27, 2026.

Schroyer's experience comes from working as a state police officer, not from federal immigration work. That's different from most people who have run ICE before — they usually came up through federal immigration agencies or the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Secretary Mullin supports the pick. In a DHS statement, Mullin said Schroyer was the right person for the job.

The Senate has to confirm Schroyer before he can start. He will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where lawmakers will ask him about immigration law, how detention facilities are run, and how ICE works with other agencies to enforce immigration rules.

ICE often operates without a permanent director for long periods. Instead, acting directors run things temporarily. A permanent, confirmed director has more power to negotiate budgets and set enforcement priorities across the agency's different divisions.

The Trump administration has made interior enforcement — catching and deporting people illegally in the country — a central part of its immigration plans. The agency is running more deportation operations and asking for money to expand detention space. Schroyer would take over an agency handling very high caseloads and facing ongoing questions from Congress and federal courts about how it treats detainees and carries out removals.

Schroyer's background as a state trooper could work for him or against him on Capitol Hill. Supporters will likely say his street-level law enforcement experience is exactly what a federal agency needs. Critics may challenge whether managing state police work prepares someone to run a federal agency with about 20,000 employees, a budget of billions of dollars, and responsibilities covering both criminal immigration cases and investigations into transnational crime.

PBS NewsHour first reported Trump's announcement on June 27. No confirmation hearing date has been set yet.