Ronald Vitiello

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Ronald D. Vitiello
File:Ronald Vitiello official photo.jpg
Acting Director of the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Assumed office
June 30, 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Thomas Homan (Acting)
Deputy Director of the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Assumed office
June 30, 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Daniel Ragsdale
Acting Deputy Commissioner of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
In office
April 25, 2017 – June 29, 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Randolph Alles
Succeeded by Robert E. Perez (Acting)
Chief of United States Border Patrol
In office
February 1, 2017 – April 25, 2017
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Mark A. Morgan
Succeeded by Carla Provost
In office
Acting: 2015 – 2016
President Barack Obama
Succeeded by Mark A. Morgan
Personal details
Born 1963/1964 (age 60–61)[1]
Children 2

Ronald Donato Vitiello (born 1963 or 1964) is an American government official and former U.S. Border Patrol agent serving as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June 30, 2018.[2] He previously served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from 2017 to 2018[3][4] and Chief of the United States Border Patrol in 2017.

Career

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Vitiello (right) sitting next to Thomas Homan (left) at a Senate committee hearing in May 2016.

Vitiello joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1985 and began service in Laredo, Texas. He has held various leadership positions within the Border Patrol, including Supervisory Border Patrol Agent; Assistant Patrol Agent in Charge; Special Operations Supervisor; Chief Patrol Agent for the Rio Grande Valley, and for the Swanton, Vermont sectors; Assistant Chief Patrol Agent; and Senior Associate Chief.[3]

Vitiello has participated in special response team operations, assisted with the formation of the Laredo Sector Criminal Alien Program, and has worked in the Tucson Sector Community Relations Office. In 1997, he oversaw the regional implementation of Operation Rio Grande.[3] Prior to 2010, Vitiello served as Chief of the Rio Grande Valley sector.[3]

Chief of the Border Patrol

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Vitiello being sworn in as CBP Chief by John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security on March 14, 2017.

In 2010, Vitiello was appointed Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol, and in 2015-16 he served as Acting Chief, after which Mark A. Morgan was appointed Chief.[3][5] Vitiello then served as Executive Assistant Commissioner for Operations Support at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol's parent agency.[3]

Vitiello was appointed Chief of the Border Patrol by President Donald Trump in January 2017 and assumed the position from February 1, 2017.[3] He replaced Mark A. Morgan;[6] the National Border Patrol Council, the union which represents Border Patrol agents, openly supported Vitiello for the position.[5]

Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

After U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Randolph Alles resigned to become the director of the United States Secret Service, Vitiello was appointed to take his place on April 25, 2017.[7] On June 30, 2018, he was named as Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, said he will also serve as Acting Director.[2]

Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

In early June 2018, Vitiello was named acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen M. Nielson[8]. Under Vitiello’s leadership, ICE started implementing the policy of separating families at the border and increasing deportations[9]. During the 2018 midterm elections, there have been several protests that have been calling for the abolishment of Immigration and Custom Enforcement[10]. During this time, several Democratic lawmakers and candidates have spoken out against the agency in retaliation to the Trump administration’s policies[10]. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Nielson, several agents from the Homeland Security Investigative Division (HSI) asked to be separated from ICE. In the letter, HSI agents asked to be reorganized under a different agency because of backlash from the work being done by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)[11]. Protestors have started to protest outside of their headquarters in Washington D.C.[12]

Personal life

According to his CBP profile, Vitiello is from Chicago and has a wife and two children.[1]

References

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