Trump To Nominate Seasoned Cop and Marine Vet to Be New ICE Director

David Venturella has been the acting director of ICE since he took over for Todd Lyons, who resigned from the role on May 31. Venturella will remain in this position until Schroyer is confirmed, according to the source.

Venturella assumed the role formally on June 1 after Lyons completed the transition at the end of May.

The leadership change comes during one of the most intense periods of immigration enforcement in modern U.S. history.

ICE is rapidly expanding detention capacity, increasing arrests nationwide, and operating under mounting political scrutiny from both supporters and critics of Trump’s deportation agenda.

A DHS spokesperson confirmed Venturella’s appointment in May, while administration officials emphasized his decades of experience inside federal immigration enforcement.

Venturella previously served within ICE during both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations before leaving government in 2012 to work for GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest private prison contractors.

He later returned to ICE after Trump’s return to the White House and most recently oversaw detention and facility contracting operations within DHS.

Venturella is also widely viewed as a close ally of White House border czar Tom Homan, who has become one of the most influential architects of Trump’s immigration crackdown.