Trump Picks State Trooper for ICE Director, Breaking from Federal Immigration Experience

President Donald Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 27. The choice departs from tradition: previous ICE directors came from federal immigration or DHS backgrounds. Schroyer faces Senate confirmation. His state policing experience has raised questions about whether it prepares him to manage a 20,000-person agency with a multibillion-dollar budget amid record immigration caseloads.