By Steve Neavling
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Anthony Salisbury to serve as the deputy Homeland Security Advisor on the White House Homeland Security Council.
“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,” Trump announced in a Thursday night post on Truth Social.
Salisbury currently serves as the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Miami. In this role, he oversees a broad range of federal law enforcement programs.
“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,” Trump said in the announcement.
Trump also highlighted Salisbury’s prior leadership roles, noting that he “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.”
The announcement came as part of a broader rollout of key homeland security and immigration appointments. Trump also named Caleb Vitello as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and tapped former border chief Rodney Scott to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
