President-elect Donald Trump It is aggressively pursing its options to serve in its cabinet and other top roles. Thursday was no different as the focus shifted to the pix working hard to secure the border and carry out mass deportation operations.
Trump added nominees for homeland security and immigration, naming Rodney Scott as US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner, Caleb Vitello as executive director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Tony Salisbury as deputy. Homeland Security Advisor (White House Homeland Security Council).
Rodney Scott
Rodney Scott, Chief of the San Diego Region of the Border Patrol, poses for a portrait near the border wall on April 25, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Caroline Van Houten/Washington Post via Getty Images)
Scott is a former Border Patrol chief who served as chief from 2020 until being fired by the Biden administration in mid-2021. Since then, he has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s immigration policies and handling of the crisis at the southern border.
Prior to becoming Chief, he led the San Diego Region, one of the most challenging regions in the country. He has been highly critical of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and recently accused him of “deliberately” opening the southern border.
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“Rodney almost served Building upon three decades of extensive experience and knowledge in border patrol, law enforcement and border security. Rodney served as the 24th chief of the US Border Patrol, where he implemented Remain-in-Mexico, Title 42, Safe Third Agreements and achieved record low levels of illegal immigration,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. “He started. His career with the Border Patrol began in 1992 at the Imperial Beach Station in the San Diego Sector. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, he served as Counter-Terrorism Advisor to the CBP Commissioner and later as CBP’s Deputy Executive Director, Office of Counter-Terrorism.
Caleb Vitello
This portrait shows Caleb Vitello, assistant director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Vitello served The White House is national The Security Council serves as the Director for Internal Enforcement and as the Unit Chief and Deputy Assistant Director of the National Fugitive Operations Program within ERO’s Enforcement Division.
“A member of the Senior Executive Service, with 23 years of service to ICE, Caleb currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, where he oversees agency-wide training, tools and policy to ensure officer and public safety,” Trump told Truth Social late Thursday. said in a statement on the post.
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“Caleb led the Fugitive Operations Academy, served as Deputy Assistant Director and directed the National Fugitive Operations Program, providing policy guidance, strategic planning and operational oversight for efforts to locate, apprehend and remove large, dangerous criminals and illegal aliens. As Chief of Enforcement and Removal Operations for the US, He managed day-to-day operations with the agency at the White House National Security Council with a $4.7 billion budget and 8,000 employees, Caleb led initiatives focused on child safety and national security threats.
Tony Salisbury
Anthony Salisbury, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, speaks at a press conference in his field office. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
Salisbury currently serves as Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami.
He has served as Acting Deputy Executive Associate Director (EAD) for the entire ICE/HSI workforce and previously held key leadership, field and headquarters assignments for ICE/HIS.
Trump noted that he was particularly successful in all of HSI’s complexes Federal law enforcement investigative programs related to national security and trafficking violations, including counter-proliferation, financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, human trafficking, drug trafficking, domestic gangs, cyber-crimes, child exploitation, workplace enforcement and document and benefit fraud.”
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“Tony brings his broad law enforcement, counter-narcotics and counter-cartel experience to the White House, where he will serve under Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller,” Trump said in a statement.
Adam Shaw of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
