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|summary=Caleb Vitello is a senior official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a career member of the Senior Executive Service. He previously served as Acting Director of ICE in early 2025 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
|summary=Caleb Vitello is an American law enforcement official and senior executive with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is a career member of the Senior Executive Service with over 20 years of federal law enforcement experience and has served in multiple leadership roles at ICE, including Acting Director in early 2025.<ref name="wikiVitello" />
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Caleb Vitello is an American law enforcement official and senior executive with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is a career member of the Senior Executive Service and has more than two decades of service within federal immigration enforcement.<ref name="wiki">{{cite web |title=Caleb Vitello |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Vitello |website=Wikipedia}}</ref>
Caleb Vitello was born and raised in Buffalo, New York.<ref name="wikiVitello" /> He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.<ref name="wikiVitello" />


Vitello holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.<ref name="wiki" />
== Career ==
Vitello is a career official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a member of the Senior Executive Service. Before his appointment as Acting Director, he served as **Assistant Director for the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs**, where he provided oversight of firearms policy, specialized training, equipment, and tactical guidance for ICE law enforcement personnel.<ref name="iceBio">{{cite web |title=Caleb Vitello |url=https://www.ice.gov/doclib/leadership/bio/calebVitello.pdf |website=U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement}}</ref>


== Career ==
He previously held senior leadership positions including **Chief of Staff for Enforcement and Removal Operations** and **Director of the National Fugitive Operations Program**.<ref name="hstoVitello">{{cite web |title=Caleb Vitello Appointed Acting Director of ICE |url=https://www.hstoday.us/industry/people-on-the-move/caleb-vitello-was-appointed-the-acting-director-of-ice/ |website=Homeland Security Today}}</ref>
Vitello has held multiple senior leadership roles within ICE, primarily within Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). He previously served as Assistant Director for the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, where he oversaw firearms policy, training standards, and tactical operations across the agency.<ref name="icebio">{{cite web |title=ICE Leadership Biography: Caleb Vitello |url=https://www.ice.gov/doclib/leadership/bio/calebVitello.pdf |website=U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement}}</ref>


He has also served as Chief of Staff for Enforcement and Removal Operations and as Director of the National Fugitive Operations Program, positions involving nationwide coordination of enforcement activities and field offices.<ref name="hstoday">{{cite web |title=Caleb Vitello appointed acting ICE director |url=https://www.hstoday.us/industry/people-on-the-move/caleb-vitello-was-appointed-the-acting-director-of-ice/ |website=HS Today}}</ref>
On **January 20, 2025**, Vitello was appointed **Acting Director of ICE** by the Trump administration, succeeding Patrick Lechleitner.<ref name="wikiVitello" /> His tenure as acting director lasted until **February 21, 2025**.<ref name="wikiVitello" />


On January 20, 2025, Vitello was appointed Acting Director of ICE. His tenure ended in February 2025, when he was reassigned amid internal leadership changes and increased pressure to accelerate enforcement operations.<ref name="politico">{{cite web |title=ICE director reassigned amid deportation push |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/ice-director-reassigned-deportations-00002521 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref name="reuters">{{cite web |title=Top ICE officials reassigned amid pressure to boost arrests |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-ice-officials-reassigned-amid-pressure-increase-arrests-sources-say-2025-02-12/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>
In February 2025, the Department of Homeland Security reassigned him from the administrative role, with a DHS spokesperson stating he would continue to oversee enforcement operations, including arrests and deportations, even as new leadership was being named for the agency’s top administrative post.<ref name="apNews">{{cite news |title=Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort |url=https://apnews.com/article/4efd094b7b353e4350493986cd6975c2 |work=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="reutersVitello">{{cite news |title=Top Trump ICE official is reassigned as deportations lag in first month |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-trump-ice-official-is-reassigned-deportations-lag-first-month-2025-02-21/ |work=Reuters}}</ref>


Following his reassignment, Vitello remained active within ICE in a senior operational role.<ref name="politico" />
Following his reassignment, **Todd Lyons** was named Acting Director of ICE on **March 9, 2025**; Vitello continued in a senior operational leadership role within the agency.<ref name="toddLyons">{{cite web |title=Todd Lyons |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Lyons |website=Wikipedia}}</ref>


== Documented Incidents ==
== Documented Incidents ==
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