Tony Pham

Tuong Tony Huu Pham (born 1973) is an American attorney who currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy in the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans. He formerly served as Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from August 25, 2020 to December 31, 2020. A Vietnamese refugee, Pham emigrated from Saigon to the United States with his family in 1975, gaining citizenship in 1985. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1995 and from University of Richmond School of Law in 1999, becoming a prosecutor and earning awards from the Old Dominion Bar Association and Style Weekly. Pham ran for public office once, losing the election in 2015. He then became the superintendent for the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, creating various programs including an addiction recovery program, an ankle monitor program, and an introduction of tablets which earned him praise from local media outlets. He resigned in December 2019 before becoming the director of ICE. He resigned at the end of the year.