Ronald Vitiello

Ronald D. Vitiello
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 54–55)[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

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

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]

Personal life

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello". U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Talev, Margaret (June 30, 2018). "Vitiello Tapped as Acting ICE Director". Bloomberg. He’s being named the deputy director of ICE and will also will serve as its acting director, Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement on Saturday.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McAleenan, Kevin K. (January 31, 2017). "Commissioner's Statement on the Appointment of Ronald D. Vitiello as Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol". U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  4. ↑ "Trump Names Ronald Vitiello Leader of Border Patrol". FOX-KSWB. January 31, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Union-Backed Ronald Vitiello Named to Lead Border Patrol". NBCUniversal. January 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol" (PDF). U.S. Border Patrol. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Border Patrol Names Carla Provost Acting Chief". U.S. News & World Report. April 26, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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