Trump's Latest Homeland Security Picks Tell Us a Lot About What the New Admin's Priorities Will Be
By streiff | 10:09 AM on December 06, 2024
President-elect Trump released another flight of nominations and appointments Thursday. These focus mainly on domestic policy and are useful in revealing Trump's thinking on domestic security.
Anthony Salisbury
Salisbury was selected to be deputy homeland security adviser working for Stephen Miller. Miller is the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and Trump's homeland security adviser; see REPORT: Trump to Appoint Immigration Hawk Stephen Miller as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. Salisbury is currently the special agent in charge for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami, FL.
Tony manages all of HSI's complex Federal Law Enforcement investigative programs related to National Security and smuggling violations, including counter-proliferation, financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, human smuggling, narcotics smuggling, transnational gangs, cyber-crimes, child exploitation, worksite enforcement and document and benefit fraud. Prior to this assignment, Tony served as the Acting Deputy Executive Associate Director (EAD) for the entire ICE/HSI workforce. Previously, he held key leadership field and headquarters assignments for ICE/HSI. Additionally, Tony was selected as the Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) for HSI St. Louis, where he oversaw the day-to-day investigative operations for 86 counties located in Missouri and Illinois, with an emphasis on violent crime, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and child exploitation investigations.
He supervised the activities of HSI offices throughout the Republic of Mexico as the Deputy Attaché. His overseas assignment covered the entire HSI investigative mission, including special interest alien smuggling and high value target apprehensions. Tony pursued trade-based money laundering investigations as the Section Chief for ICE/HSI’s Trade Transparency Unit, notably establishing foreign trade transparency investigation units to combat trade-based money laundering. Tony began his federal law enforcement career as a Deputy United States Marshal prior to joining the former United States Customs Service New York office in 2001. Tony will bring his vast Law Enforcement, counter-narcotics, and counter-cartel experience to the White House where he will serve under Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor.
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