Anthony Salisbury

Anthony "Tony" Salisbury is an American law enforcement officer who has served as the deputy homeland security advisor since 2025. He was previously the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Miami.

Career Salisbury was a deputy United States marshal until 2001, when he joined the New York field office of the United States Customs Service. He later became a section chief of Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) Trade Transparency Unit. After an international assignment for the agency in Mexico, Salisbury led HSI St. Louis as Resident Agent in Charge.

On October 4, 2025, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported that Salisbury had been seen in public exchanging information on the encrypted Signal messaging service with other government officials suggesting that US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wanted "top cover" from President Donald Trump before sending troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to Portland, Oregon, in response to alleged public unrest. Salisbury also reportedly discussed upcoming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Chicago, Vice President JD Vance's desire to prosecute two unnamed Florida influencers who he claimed were promoting violence, and Federal Bureau of Investigation director Kash Patel's firing of FBI employees who had been shown kneeling during a 2020 protest against the murder of George Floyd. During the latter discussion Salisbury reportedly called Patel a "giant douche canoe."