{"id":2448983,"date":"2025-06-18T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-rodney-scott-as-trumps-cbp-agency-head\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:19:12","slug":"senate-confirms-rodney-scott-as-trumps-cbp-agency-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-rodney-scott-as-trumps-cbp-agency-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Rodney Scott as Trump&#8217;s CBP agency head"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-confirms-rodney-scott-as-trumps-cbp-agency-head%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate has confirmed Rodney Scott as the new commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), marking his return to lead the nation&#8217;s largest law enforcement agency after a nearly five-month vacancy. Scott, a former Border Patrol chief, was confirmed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a> of 51-46, with all Democrats opposing his nomination, which was put forth by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>With a career at the Border Patrol starting in 1992, Scott has held various positions, including antiterrorism adviser and deputy director of the CBP Office of Anti-Terrorism. Initially appointed as Border Patrol chief during Trump&#8217;s first term, he continued in that role until being let go by the Biden management in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s appointment comes at a time when CBP faces significant challenges, including record encounters of unlawful entries and shifts in immigration patterns.During his confirmation hearing, he expressed his commitment to continuing border security initiatives, such as the construction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-migrant-assaults-border-patrol-agent-in-arizona\/\" title=\"Armed Migrant Assaults ... Agent in Arizona\">border wall systems<\/a> and the use of technology to manage illegal immigration and drug smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic senators raised concerns regarding Scott&#8217;s lack of experience in customs operations, suggesting he may not be adequately equipped to address issues related to international trade that fall under CBP&#8217;s mandate. Additionally, there was a call to investigate Scott&#8217;s past role in a controversial Facebook group involving Border Patrol agents, which raised concerns about his leadership capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s confirmation represents a significant move for Trump&#8217;s administration as it seeks to solidify its border policy amidst ongoing partisan debates over immigration control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate confirms Rodney Scott as Trump&rsquo;s border agency head<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2140866\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> confirmed Rodney Scott as commissioner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>, giving President Donald Trump a permanent chief to lead the largest law enforcement organization in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Scott was confirmed 51-46 on Wednesday afternoon, filling the post following a nearly five-month vacancy. In the party-line vote, all Democrats opposed Scott, who was nominated in early December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3444883\/border-patrol-released-zero-illegal-immigrants-into-us-last-month\/\">Border Patrol released zero illegal immigrants into US last month, down from 62,000 the previous year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3444100\/dhs-ice-farm-workers-hotel-again\/\">DHS tells ICE to target farm and hotel workers again: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3442765\/ice-los-angeles-prosecutions-rioters\/\">ICE uprisings: Where LA stands with prosecuting rioters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scott returns for Trump&rsquo;s second term<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this March 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego, as Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol&rsquo;s San Diego sector chief, listens.  (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott is from Southern California and joined the Border Patrol in 1992. He rose through the ranks before being named antiterrorism adviser to the CBP commissioner after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks. He was then promoted to deputy executive director of the CBP Office of Anti-Terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Scott was named Border Patrol chief during Trump&rsquo;s first term and remained in that post for several months after former President Joe Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/139101\/in-anti-police-age-rodney-scott-wants-to-restore-public-trust-in-border-patrol\/\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;in October 2020 that his goal as leader of the 20,000-agent organization was to restore public trust in law enforcement after a turbulent few years of public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/884152\/exclusive-biden-administration-forces-head-of-border-patrol-to-leave-post-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">let Scott go<\/a>&nbsp;as Border Patrol chief in August 2021 after he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2625977\/border-patrol-chief-spurned-biden-ban-on-phrase-illegal-alien-i-cannot-endorse\/\">came out<\/a>&nbsp;against banning the term &ldquo;illegal alien.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the Border Patrol, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-turns-to-loyalists-for-top-dhs-posts-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump turns to loyalists for top DHS posts - Washington Examiner\">29-year law enforcement veteran<\/a> became a visiting fellow at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation think tank in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol San Diego Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke (left) and Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott (right) discuss changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >border wall system<\/a> during the past three decades during a tour of San Diego, CA, in October 2020. (Anna Giaritelli \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, longtime employee Troy Miller ran CBP for most of the term.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Magnus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-question-rodney-scotts-ability-to-lead-cbp-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... Democrats question ...&#039;s ability to lead ... - Washington Examiner\">previously police chief<\/a> of Tucson, Arizona, was nominated in April 2021 but not&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;until later that year. Magnus was forced out less than a year on the job and&nbsp;resigned in November 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partisan reaction to Scott&rsquo;s nomination<\/h2>\n<p>CBP is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security with 60,000 employees. It is responsible for inspecting people and goods entering the United States by air, land, and sea at 328 ports of entry nationwide and interdicting goods and people attempting to enter between the ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, more than 10.7 million people were encountered by CBP personnel while attempting to enter the country unlawfully, more in four years than any two-term administration, according to CBP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, monthly apprehensions of illegal immigrants have hit 60-year lows, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fewer than 11,000<\/a> people intercepted nationwide in May. The precipitous drop from the Biden-era border crisis of 100,000 to 250,000 arrests per month comes in the wake of Trump&rsquo;s mountain of executive actions on immigration since January.<\/p>\n<p>Given the changing landscape at the border, Republicans who questioned Scott during his April confirmation hearing pushed him to explain how he would run CBP to further reduce illegal immigration and drug smuggling from Mexico into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll continue to build out the border wall system. We&rsquo;ll continue to build out the technology, but we&rsquo;ll also make sure that we work with the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office so that there are consequences to violating laws in the United States,&rdquo; Scott said. &ldquo;The biggest reason right now that we&rsquo;re seeing that massive reduction is because people are held accountable for violating the law, and they&rsquo;re quickly removed from the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ron-Wyden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ron Wyden<\/a>&nbsp;(D-OR), the ranking member on the committee of jurisdiction, said Trump&rsquo;s recent implementation of tariffs on foreign trading partners had incidentally pulled CBP&rsquo;s Office of Field Operations, which inspects goods coming into the country, into the issue of trade&nbsp;and that Scott had no experience in that area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has no experience with customs facilitation or enforcement. Mr. Trump, Donald Trump, is creating the biggest disruptions to the customs system that I&rsquo;ve seen in my time in public service,&rdquo; said Wyden.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3439954\/republicans-ice-arrests-illegal-immigrants-comitted-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">REPUBLICANS CALL FOR ICE TO STOP ARRESTING NONCRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Wyden pointed to a 2019<em>&nbsp;ProPublica<\/em>&nbsp;story&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;that agents, including Scott, had been part of a private 9,500-member Facebook group that made offensive comments about Democratic lawmakers and immigrants in their custody.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were about 9,000 people that were members of that group. There was a very small group of people that posted inappropriate, offensive material. It was called out by other Border Patrol agents on that site, and it was investigated and they were held accountable,&rdquo; said Scott.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2140866\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2140866\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate approves Rodney Scott as Trump&#8217;s border agency leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2448984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trump-rodney-scott-border-wall.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11139,54367,3740],"class_list":["post-2448983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cbp","tag-rodney-scott","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trump-rodney-scott-border-wall.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448987,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448983\/revisions\/2448987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}