Trump Reveals His Picks To Lead Two Major Immi­gra­tion Enforce­ment Agen­cies

Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump announced his nom­i­na­tions to lead Immi­gra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment (ICE) and Cus­toms and Bor­der Pro­tec­tion (CBP), two agen­cies that will be at the fore­front of his ambi­tious immi­gra­tion agen­da.

In a string of social media posts Thurs­day night, the pres­i­dent-elect announced the nom­i­na­tions of Caleb Vitel­lo to lead ICE and Rod­ney Scott to lead CBP. Both men have worked for years in their respec­tive agen­cies, with Vitel­lo cur­rent­ly serv­ing as the assis­tant direc­tor for the Office of Firearms and Tac­ti­cal Pro­grams with the agency, and Scott for­mer­ly serv­ing as the Bor­der Patrol chief in both the first Trump admin­is­tra­tion and Biden admin­is­tra­tion. (RELATED: Trump Report­ed­ly Has Ace Up His Sleeve For Coun­tries That Refuse To Take Back Their Ille­gal Migrants)

“Caleb’s excep­tion­al lead­er­ship, exten­sive expe­ri­ence, and com­mit­ment to ICE’s mis­sion make him an excel­lent choice to imple­ment my efforts to enhance the safe­ty and secu­ri­ty of Amer­i­can com­mu­ni­ties who have been vic­tim­ized by ille­gal alien crime,” Trump post­ed on Truth Social.

“Rod­ney served near­ly three decades in the Bor­der Patrol, build­ing vast expe­ri­ence and knowl­edge in Law Enforce­ment and Bor­der Secu­ri­ty. Rod­ney served as the 24th Chief of the U.S. Bor­der Patrol, where he imple­ment­ed Remain-in-Mex­i­co, Title 42, Safe Third Agree­ments, and achieved record low lev­els of ille­gal immi­gra­tion,” Trump said of Scott’s back­ground.

Scott pre­vi­ous­ly spoke with the Dai­ly Caller News Foun­da­tion to blow the whis­tle on how the Biden admin­is­tra­tion alleged­ly went to great lengths to hide the mas­sive ille­gal immi­gra­tion from the Amer­i­can pub­lic.

The two choic­es to lead ICE and CBP large­ly round up the president-elect’s nom­i­na­tions to lead his sig­na­ture polit­i­cal issue: immi­gra­tion enforce­ment.

Trump, who already estab­lished him­self as a stal­wart on ille­gal immi­gra­tion crack­downs dur­ing his first term in office, made a slate of cam­paign promis­es over the past year, such as com­plet­ing the U.S.-Mexico bor­der wall, reviv­ing the Remain in Mex­i­co pro­gram, bring­ing back the trav­el ban and hir­ing more Bor­der Patrol agents. The pres­i­dent-elect also intro­duced a num­ber of more nov­el pledges while on the cam­paign trail, such as a vow to con­duct the “largest depor­ta­tion pro­gram in Amer­i­can his­to­ry” and a plan to end birthright cit­i­zen­ship for those born on Amer­i­can soil by ille­gal migrant par­ents.

To lead in these efforts, the Repub­li­can has tapped for­mer ICE Act­ing Direc­tor Tom Homan to serve as his bor­der czar, a posi­tion that will not require him to under­go Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion, but will allow him to have large over­sight of the Trump administration’s enforce­ment strat­e­gy. Long­time aide and immi­gra­tion hard­lin­er Stephen Miller will serve as deputy chief of staff for pol­i­cy.

South Dako­ta Gov. Kristi Noem has been tapped to lead the Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­ri­ty, which over­sees not only ICE and CBP, but also U.S. Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Ser­vices and oth­er agen­cies para­mount to Trump’s enforce­ment agen­da.

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