US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Schroyer, who spent 29 years with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and also served in the US Marines, was serving as a senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin when Trump nominated him in June. The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed director. Schroyer’s nomination had stalled in the Senate after Republican Senator Rand Paul, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, declined to advance it for a full vote. Mullin, a former Oklahoma senator, is a close ally of Schroyer and oversees ICE through the Department of Homeland Security.
The withdrawal was announced in a brief notice on Thursday, which did not give a reason for the decision.
The withdrawal means Venturella is expected to continue leading ICE while the administration considers its next nominee. The agency is central to Trump’s immigration agenda and his push for a large-scale deportation programme.