Trump says he’s nominating former Oklahoma State Trooper Lance Schroyer to be ICE director

Acting Director Todd Lyons said he was leaving the agency in April.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to take over as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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“I am very pleased to announce that I have nominated Lance Schroyer to be our next ICE Director,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Lance has over 29 YEARS of Law Enforcement experience in Oklahoma.”

Schroyer, who is a senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, will replace Todd Lyons. Lyons, who took over the role in March 2025 during the ramp-up of Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign, left the post last month.