Daniel Ragsdale

Daniel Ragsdale
Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Acting
In office
January 20, 2017 – January 30, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySarah Saldaña
Succeeded byThomas Homan (acting)
Deputy Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
In office
May 2012 – May 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byKumar C. Kibble
Succeeded byRonald Vitiello
Personal details
EducationFranklin and Marshall College (BA)
Fordham University (JD)

Daniel H. Ragsdale is an American lawyer and law enforcement official. From May 2012 through May 2017 he was deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was named Acting Director of ICE on January 20, 2017, but was dismissed from that position on January 30, 2017 shortly after the dismissal of Sally Yates by President Donald Trump, retaining his post as deputy director. He is currently employed by GEO Group, a private-prison company.