Trump nominates new ICE chief
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- U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Lance Schroyer to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
- Schroyer, a former state trooper and Marine veteran from Oklahoma, was called a patriot by Trump.
- The nomination comes as ICE faces scrutiny over controversial deportation raids, including incidents that resulted in fatalities.
President Donald Trump has nominated Lance Schroyer to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a move announced on the platform Truth Social. Trump urged the Senate to approve the appointment. Schroyer, a former state trooper from Oklahoma and a Marine Corps veteran, was described by Trump as a patriot.
According to CNN, Schroyer is not widely known in the United States. The director position became vacant months ago when acting director Todd Lyons announced his resignation. ICE has become a symbol of Trump's aggressive immigration policies, particularly its controversial raids in cities governed by Democrats. These operations sometimes involved masked officers.
Tensions escalated in January when federal officers involved in such operations fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. The agency's actions have drawn significant criticism, and the nomination of Schroyer is expected to continue the debate over immigration enforcement strategies.
Trump called him a patriot.
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Originally published by Die Presse in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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