Trump Withdraws ICE Director Nominee.
The White House withdrew Lance Schroyer's nomination to lead ICE on Thursday. Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, never received a Senate confirmation hearing.
- 29 years of Oklahoma law enforcement experience was cited when Trump announced the nomination in June.
- Sen. Rand Paul demanded DHS provide information on an investigation into two agents accused of killing two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- ICE sources told Fox News they were surprised Schroyer had no immigration enforcement experience.
- ICE has had no Senate-confirmed director since 2017; neither Trump's first term nor Biden produced a confirmed pick.
Why it matters: The vacancy matters because ICE is the lead agency for the administration's deportation and detention operations.
- Schroyer served on Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's Senate security detail before Mullin joined the Cabinet.
How 26 sources split on this story
Where they split: Outlets disagree on whether the nomination failed primarily because of Schroyer's qualifications or because of the Paul-Mullin political rivalry at the committee level.
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- Schroyer was listed among other withdrawals on the White House website with no explanation given.
- Who will Trump nominate next, and how will Senate Homeland Security Committee dynamics affect that pick?
- What role did Paul's long-standing dispute with Mullin play versus Schroyer's own record in the nomination's collapse?