[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF ANTHONY CERONE ON THE OCCASION 
                           OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 14, 2010

  Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the service of Anthony 
Cerone and his dedicated service to the people of the United States on 
the occasion of his retirement.
  In February 1976 Mr. Cerone was hired by the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons and was assigned as a Correctional Officer at the Metropolitan 
Correctional Center in San Diego, California. He was promoted to the 
rank of Senior Officer Specialist in August of 1980.
  In 1979, Americans were taken hostage at our Embassy in Tehran, Iran. 
Mr. Cerone responded by joining the U.S. Air Force Ready Reserve. He 
remained until 1985 and was Honorably Discharged as a Staff Sergeant.
  With a desire to work in the field and within the community enforcing 
immigration law, Mr. Cerone pursued a career with the U.S. Immigration 
and Naturalization Service (INS) and was hired in November of 1980, 
assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol in San Ysidro, CA as an Immigration 
Detention Officer. He transferred to the San Diego District Downtown 
Office in May of 1983. He was promoted to Lead Detention Enforcement 
Officer in 1985 and Deportation Officer in 1987.
  Mr. Cerone graduated from Miramar College, San Diego, CA in 1983 and 
earned a degree in the Administration of Justice.
  In 1999, Mr. Cerone was promoted to Supervisory Detention and 
Deportation Officer where he formed and was the team leader of the 
newly created Alien Removal Unit. On June 30, 2001, Mr. Cerone 
voluntarily retired with over 29 years of federal service.
  After September 11, 2001, Mr. Cerone desired to return to federal law 
enforcement to aid in the effort to protect the United States and its 
citizens from future terrorist attacks.
  In March of 2002, he was hired as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal to 
protect the U.S. Courts and its staff at the U.S. District Court of 
Southern California, in San Diego. During this time, he also applied to 
return to service with the INS.
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE) hired Mr. Cerone as the Officer-in-Charge of the ICE 
Otay Detention Facility on June 12, 2005. After two years of overseeing 
this custodial operation that managed 1,000 ICE detainees and over 400 
employees, Mr. Cerone transferred to the downtown ICE office on July 1, 
2007, as an Assistant Field Office Director.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues please join me in recognizing 
the distinguished career of Anthony Cerone serving the People of the 
United States.

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