Ron Vitiello
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| Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting |
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Assumed office April 25, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Randolph Alles |
| Chief of United States Border Patrol Acting |
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In office February 1, 2017 – April 25, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Mark A. Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Carla Provost |
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In office 2015–2016 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Mark A. Morgan |
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| Born | 1963/1964 (age 53–54) |
| Children | 2 |
Ronald Donato Vitiello (born 1963/64) is current Acting Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a role which he assumed in April 2017. He previously served as Chief of the United States Border Patrol.
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.
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.
Prior to 2010, Vitiello served as Chief of the Rio Grande Valley sector.
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. Vitiello then served as Executive Assistant Commissioner for Operations Support at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol's parent agency.
Vitiello was again appointed Acting Chief of the Border Patrol by President Donald Trump in January 2017, and assumed the position on February 1, 2017. He replaced Mark A. Morgan as chief.
The National Border Patrol Council, the union which represents Border Patrol agents, openly supported Vitiello for the position of Chief.
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.
According to his CBP profile, Vitiello is from Chicago and has a wife and two children.
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