Noem Announces New Deputy Director Of ICE

The Trump administration has tapped a longtime 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to serve as second in command of the agency.

Charles Wall, who currently serves as ICE’s principal legal advisor, will become the new deputy director of the agency, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday via a social media post. Wall will be replacing Madison Sheahan, who is vacating her position to mount a congressional run in her home state of Ohio.

“For the last year, Mr. Wall served as ICE’s Principal Legal Advisor, playing a key role in helping us deliver historic results in arresting and removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from American neighborhoods,” Noem stated. “Mr. Wall has served as an ICE attorney for 14 years and is a forward leaning, strategic thinker who understands the importance of prioritizing the removal of murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from our country.”

“I look forward to working with him in his new role to make America safe again,” the DHS chief continued, who added that Wall’s appointment is effective immediately.

Sheahan, a 28-year-old who previously served as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and led the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, earlier on Thursday announced her candidacy for Ohio’s 9th congressional district. That seat has been held for 43 years by now-79-year-old Democrat Marcy Kaptur — the longest-serving woman in congressional history.