Vitiello Tapped as Acting ICE Director
Demonstrators hold a sign that reads "End ICE" during a protest against detaining and separating immigrant families outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington on June 27, 2018.
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Ronald Vitiello is the new acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration said, as President Donald Trump looks to fine tune his “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal immigration.
Vitiello is a career Border Patrol official who’s been serving since April 2017 as acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 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.