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Uniformed law enforcement officers sit in an audience, a screen in front displays 'You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.' Photorealistic style.

Uniformed law enforcement officers sit in an audience, a screen in front displays 'You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.' Photorealistic style.

Leadership To date, ICE has had three acting directors during the second Trump administration: Caleb Vitello, who was nominated in December 2024 for the permanent position of ICE director,[70] and was the acting director from January to February 2025.[71] Todd Lyons, from March 2025[72][73] to May 2026.[74][75] David Venturella - from June 1, 2026,[76] to the present. In late June 2026, Lance Schroyer was nominated to fill the director's role permanently, with Venturella to remain as acting director until Schroyer's confirmation by the Senate.[77][78] To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one — no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist — can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. The Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States or against ICE officers, then they will face justice. –Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, on October 24, 2025 responding to the suggestion that the State of Illinois could pursue criminal charges against ICE agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz[79][80][81] Recruitment These paragraphs are an excerpt from ICE recruitment during the second Trump administration.[edit] See more