Daniel Ragsdale
Daniel Ragsdale | |
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| Deputy Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement | |
| Assumed office May 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2017 – January 30, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sarah Saldaña |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Homan (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Bildung | Franklin and Marshall College (BA) Fordham University (JD) |
Daniel H. Ragsdale is an American law official and the former Deputy Director of the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) since May 2012. He was named Acting Director of Immigration & Customs Enforcement on January 20, 2017 and later dismissed on January 30, 2017 as part of the Monday Night Massacre by President Donald Trump, and Ragsdale remained deputy director.[1][2][3]
Career
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ragsdale joined the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1996, where he worked for the General Counsel's Office.[4]
Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Ragsdale is the former chief management officer of Immigration & Customs Enforcement. He is also the former chief of the Enforcement Law Division. Ragsdale became a deputy director of ICE in 2012. In 2013, his office worked to prosecute a smuggling ring which had been mislabeling the country-of-origin of honey, to skirt anti-dumping laws.[5] In 2014 as director of the ICE, he participated in a high-profile bust of an online child pornography ring.[6] He became acting director of ICE on January 20 following the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump.[4]
Replacement
President Donald Trump replaced Ragsdale with Thomas Homan on January 30, 2017, shortly after the firing of Acting United States Attorney General Sally Yates. No explanation was given for the personnel change. Ragsdale was to remain in his previous position of Deputy Director.[1]
References
- ^ a b Morton, Victor. "BREAKING: Trump fires acting director of immigration enforcement". Washington Times. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "ICE Tweet". Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Wilkie, Christina (2017-01-30). "Trump Replaces ICE Chief Daniel Ragsdale, Appoints Thomas Homan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ a b Darrough, Celia. "Who Is Daniel Ragsdale? Donald Trump Replaced The Immigration & Customs Enforcement Director, Too". Bustle. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Mattingly, Phil (February 20, 2013). "Honey Sting Leads to U.S. Charges of Smuggling From China". Bloomberg News. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Bever, Lindsey (March 19, 2014). "U.S. authorities uncover alleged pornography ring exploiting hundreds of children". Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
In a statement, ICE Deputy Director Daniel Ragsdale...
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- LinkedIn page [1]
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