Trump chose former Marine and state police officer Lance Schroyer to be the new head of ICE

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed this Saturday that he will nominate Lance Schroyer, a former Marine and former member of the Oklahoma state police, as the next director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The president described Schroyer as a "proven leader with DECADES of experience locking up the worst of the worst" and highlighted his background in law enforcement. ICE has not had a permanent director since late May, when Todd Lyons resigned; since then, David Venturella, a former executive of a private prison operator, has served as the agency's acting director.

If confirmed by the Senate, Schroyer will take the helm of ICE with the goal of fulfilling Trump's promise to carry out mass deportations in the country. To achieve this goal, the agency has a budget of $75 billion that has funded the hiring of 12,000 officers and has allowed for an increase in the detention of undocumented criminals. Additionally, the new director will have to face leftist activists who are trying to block the enforcement of immigration law.

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, also from Oklahoma and a former senator from that state, praised Schroyer's nomination on his social media: "With over 29 years of law enforcement experience, Lance will play a vital role in helping fulfill the president's mandate given by the American people to locate, arrest, and deport illegal aliens," wrote the senior official.

It is worth noting that ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed director since Barack Obama's presidency, a direct consequence of the Democrats' stance, who in recent years have demanded the abolition of the agency and the implementation of more lenient immigration policies, allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally across the border with Mexico.