Trump pick to head ICE is agency vet who will be able to start deportation effort on day one
Fox News appearances have been a common criterion for several of President-elect Donald Trump's appointments to high-level positions, including his Cabinet. However, Trump took a different approach and appointed Caleb Vitello, who has decades of experience with the agency, to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the department slated to carry out what is hailed as one of his administration's signature initiatives, the wholesale deportation of millions of immigrants.
Vitello will probably be able to swiftly execute Trump's deportation proposals because to that experience. Likewise, Trump's choice to appoint him as acting director will allow him to begin vigorous removal efforts without waiting for Senate confirmation.
According to a contemporary ICE official, Vitello grew up in the Enf...