Updated [6:33 PM Eastern]: Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Markwayne Mullin has now responded to the ICE nod by the president on a repost of Trump's nomination announcement:
President Trump has nominated Lance Schroyer to serve as the ICE Director.
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) June 27, 2026
With over 29 years of law enforcement experience, Lance will play a vital role in helping deliver on the President’s mandate from the American people to target, arrest, and deport illegal aliens.
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It reads:
President Trump has nominated Lance Schroyer to serve as the ICE Director.
With over 29 years of law enforcement experience, Lance will play a vital role in helping deliver on the President’s mandate from the American people to target, arrest, and deport illegal aliens.
Lance is coming straight from the operational field where he ran large scale operations and worked alongside state and federal partners to remove illegal aliens from Oklahoma under the 287g program.
President Trump made a great pick, and I’m confident Lance’s strong leadership and firsthand experience will empower the men and women of ICE to deport criminal illegal aliens, secure the homeland, and protect the American people.
The closing part seems particularly noteworthy:
It has been 11 years since @DHSgov has had a Senate confirmed @ICEgov Director. The Senate must quickly confirm Lance Schroyer.
original story
The process has begun to fill the vacant ICE director position in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On Saturday afternoon, President Trump shared on Truth Social that he has nominated a seasoned law enforcement and Marine veteran as the administration's new ICE director, and he urged the U.S. Senate to confirm him "immediately" for the role:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 27, 2026
It reads: [paragraph breaks added]
I am very pleased to announce that I have nominated Lance Schroyer to be our next ICE Director. Lance has over 29 YEARS of Law Enforcement experience in Oklahoma — A State where I WON all 77 Counties in 2016, 2020, and 2024!
Lance is a former Oklahoma State Trooper, and United States Marine. He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, and proven leader with DECADES of experience locking up the worst of the worst, including spearheading 287g Law Enforcement partnerships with ICE!
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.
Importantly, Lance Schroyer has what it takes to DETAIN AND DEPORT Illegal Alien Criminals, including murders, rapists, and drug traffickers at a rate never seen before! Remember, our Administration has the HIGHEST Daily Arrest Rate by ICE and CBP than ANY other President, by far. It’s not even close!
The Senate must CONFIRM Lance, IMMEDIATELY — Do not delay. Together, we will MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
As RedState previously wrote, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons submitted his resignation in April, with his depature from the position expected on June 1. In the meantime, David Venturella, an ICE senior advisor recruited by Border Czar Tom Homan took over as acting director.
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