The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of Lance Schroyer to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday, Sept. 17, without giving a reason. Trump nominated Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper and Marine, in June to head the agency that enforces the administration’s immigration policies. The Senate had not held a confirmation hearing on his nomination [scmp.com][npr.org][aljazeera.com]. Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had declined to schedule a hearing until the Department of Homeland Security provided information about investigations into civilian deaths during ICE enforcement operations [npr.org][cbsnews.com][aljazeera.com]. Schroyer’s withdrawal leaves ICE without a Senate-confirmed director. David Venturella is performing the duties of director after Todd Lyons announced his departure earlier this year [cbsnews.com][wcnc.com]. Highlights: • Candidate background: Schroyer served as a senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and helped establish Oklahoma’s participation in the federal 287(g) immigration-enforcement partnership [oregoncapitalchronicle.com][krdo.com]. • Experience concerns: Some immigration hardliners and DHS officials questioned Schroyer’s limited immigration experience and lack of experience leading a large federal law-enforcement agency [krdo.com][npr.org]. • Relationship with Mullin: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called Schroyer a “good friend of mine” at a National Sheriffs’ Association event [krdo.com]. • Enforcement figures: DHS reported nearly 51,000 arrests of undocumented immigrants in August, exceeding the 50,200 arrests reported for July [capital.gr][documentonews.gr]. Perspectives: Rand Paul: Paul said he had intended to hold a hearing and learned the nomination had been withdrawn only after the White House made the decision public [aljazeera.com]. (Al Jazeera) White House: The White House listed Schroyer’s nomination among several withdrawals on its website [scmp.com][aljazeera.com]. (South China Morning Post) Department of Homeland Security: Schroyer had served on Mullin’s Senate security detail [krdo.com][nypost.com]. (CNN, republished by KRDO) "I don’t have a concern with who the nominee was. I had asked them to give me an update on the internal investigation into civilian deaths" — Sen. Rand Paul Sources: • White House pulls Trump nominee to head ICE - scmp.com • Trump Withdraws ICE Director Nominee After Republican Senator Blocks Confirmation Hearing - time.com • Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE - npr.org • White House withdraws nominee for ICE director allied with DHS chief Mullin - washingtonpost.com • White House withdraws nomination of Markwayne Mullin’s ‘good friend’ to lead ICE after it stalled in Senate - nypost.com • White House withdraws ICE director nominee Richard Schroyer - cbsnews.com • White House Pulls Nomination of Lance Schroyer, Ally of Markwayne Mullin, for ICE Director - nytimes.com • White House withdraws Lance Schroyer’s nomination to lead ICE - aljazeera.com • White House pulls ICE director nominee - krdo.com • White House pulls ICE director nomination of former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer - wxyz.com • White House yanks nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement - oregoncapitalchronicle.com • White House rescinds ICE director nomination after Rand Paul blocks it - coloradopolitics.com • White House pulls nominee to head US immigration agency - abs-cbn.com • Trump zieht überraschend Top-Personalie für ICE-Behörde zurück - derstandard.at • Donald Trump retire sans explication son candidat au poste de directeur de l'ICE - lalibre.be • Trump withdraws former Oklahoma state trooper as his nominee to lead ICE - wcnc.com • Donald Trump: Präsident zieht Nominierung von ICE-Kandidat Lance Schroyer zurück - spiegel.de • Trump-Rückschlag: Nominierung für ICE-Chef überraschend zurückgezogen - kurier.at • CNN: Casa Albďż˝ retrage douďż˝ nominalizďż˝ri, inclusiv pentru conducerea ICE - bursa.ro • ICE To Remain Without Senate-Confirmed Leader After Trump's Nominee Withdraws - ndtv.com • US-Einwanderungsbehörde im Fokus: Trump zieht überraschend seinen Kandidaten für ICE-Chefposten zurück - tagesspiegel.de • Bijela kuća odustala od kandidata za direktora ICE-a - index.hr • Trump dropper kandidat til at lede udskældt immigrationsmyndighed - tv2.dk • البيت الأبيض يسحب ترشيح ريتشارد شروير لقيادة إدارة الهجرة والجمارك - almaghribtoday.net • Trump drar tillbaka förslag på ny ICE-chef - aftonbladet.se • Ο Τραμπ αποσύρει τον διορισμό νέου διευθυντή της ICE - capital.gr • Ex-Polizist wird kein Leiter: Trump macht überraschenden Rückzieher bei ICE-Personalie - n-tv.de • ΗΠΑ: Ο Τραμπ απέσυρε ξαφνικά τον διορισμό του διευθυντή της ICE - tanea.gr • Baltieji rūmai atšaukė Trumpo pasiūlytą kandidatą į ICE vadovus - diena.lt • Ο Τραμπ απέσυρε τον διορισμό του νέου διοικητή της ICE - documentonews.gr • Ο Τραμπ απέσυρε την υποψηφιότητα του Λανς Σρόιερ για την ηγεσία της ICE - newsbeast.gr • ΗΠΑ: Ο Τραμπ απέσυρε απρόσμενα τον διορισμό νέου διευθυντή στην ICE - rosa.gr • Bela hiša umaknila kandidaturo Richarda Schroyerja za direktorja Ice - sta.si • Amerikaanse regering trekt kandidatuur in van onbekende agent als ICE-directeur - volkskrant.nl --- 📰 Story aggregated by Kagi News