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President Trump withdrew his nomination of Lance Schroyer to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Senator Rand Paul blocked a confirmation hearing for Schroyer. The withdrawal occurred on Thursday following Paul’s delay tactics, citing concerns about ICE investigations into fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents. Schroyer was nominated in June despite lacking prior leadership experience at a law enforcement agency; his career included work with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and as a senior advisor to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Story summary
The White House withdrew President Donald Trump's nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in late June. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Republican Senator Rand Paul, had stalled the nomination process due to demands for more information on investigations into federal agent-involved shootings in Minneapolis earlier that year. Schroyer, who has over two decades of experience in local law enforcement but no direct ICE experience, was seen as a close friend and senior adviser to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Since the withdrawal, acting director David Venturella continues to oversee ICE operations. ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed leader since 2017.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled his nomination of former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Lance Schroyer to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky blocked Schroyer’s confirmation hearing, stalling the process from moving forward.
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Paul → pull → process
Trump tapped Schroyer to be the next ICE director in June, calling him a “PATRIOT with real operational experience, and proven leader with DECADES of experience locking up the worst of the worst,” and saying that he would play a “vital role” in the Administration’s immigration crackdown.
asserted
he → tap → crackdown
The President did not provide an explanation for his decision to withdraw the nomination.
asserted
President → provide → nomination
The White House did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for more information.
asserted
House → respond → information
Schroyer’s pick was somewhat of a surprise, given that he has no experience leading a law enforcement agency.
asserted
he → give → agency
He is close to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, whose department houses ICE; Schroyer previously served on Mullin’s security detail, and the Secretary later made him a senior DHS advisor.
asserted
him → house → detail
Schroyer also helped lead the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s efforts to train troopers and enforce an immigration crackdown in conjunction with ICE in his state, and was deputized to make federal immigration enforcement arrests last year.
asserted
Schroyer → help → arrests
Mullin and Trump both urged Congress to swiftly confirm Schroyer following his nomination.
asserted
Mullin → urge → nomination
"Lance is coming straight from the operational field where he ran large scale operations and worked alongside state and federal partners to remove illegal aliens from Oklahoma," Mullin said at the time, adding that Trump “made a great pick.”
But Paul, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said in August that he would delay a confirmation hearing for Schroyer until DHS provided further information regarding the investigations into the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, a major flashpoint in Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
asserted
DHS → come → crackdown
ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed leader since 2017.
asserted
ICE → have → 2017
Schroyer’s nomination followed former acting ICE Director Todd Lyon’s departure from the agency at the end of May.
uncertain
nomination → follow → May
Long-time immigration official David Venturella has headed ICE, also in an acting capacity, since June 1.
asserted
Venturella → head → June
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