{{Short description|US Immigration and Customs official}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas S. Winkowski | office = Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | image = Thomas-winkowski-md.jpg | president = Barack Obama | predecessor = John Sandweg (acting) | successor = Sarah R. Saldaña | term_start = March 16, 2014 | term_end = December 23, 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Northeastern University }}
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'''Thomas S. Winkowski''' (born 1954) is a retired former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/archive/person/thomas-s-winkowski|title=Thomas S. Winkowski {{!}} Homeland Security|website=www.dhs.gov|language=en|access-date=March 19, 2017}}</ref> He was previously Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).<ref name=":0" /> Winkowski has been awarded the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award by President George W. Bush in 2004 and the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award by President Barack Obama in 2009.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/taxpayers-slugged-for-peter-duttons-4000-dinner-in-the-us-20170112-gtq308.html|title=Taxpayers slugged for Peter Dutton's $4000 dinner in the US|last1=Gartrell|first1=Adam|date=January 12, 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=March 19, 2017|last2=Remeikis|first2=Amy|language=en-US}}</ref> He was the acting director of ICE until 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ice.gov/leadership|title=ICE Leadership {{!}} ICE|date=October 23, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023080530/https://www.ice.gov/leadership|archivedate=October 23, 2014}}</ref>
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