Rodney S. Scott
{{Short description|American chief of border patrol}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rodney Scott
| image = Rodney Scott CBP portrait.jpg
| caption =
| office = 6th Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
| term_start = June 18, 2025
| predecessor = Chris Magnus
| office2 = 24th Chief of United States Border Patrol
| president2 = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
| term_start2 = February 2, 2020
| term_end2 = August 14, 2021
| predecessor2 = Carla Provost
| successor2 = Raúl Ortiz
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| alma_mater =
| website = https://www.bpchiefscott.com/
| signature = Signature of Rodney Scott on January 12, 2021 (cropped).jpg
| president = Donald Trump
}}
Rodney S. Scott served as the 24th chief of the United States Border Patrol from February 2, 2020, to August 14, 2021, in both the Trump and Biden administrations. He was later nominated to serve as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the second Trump administration.
Career
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Scott joined the U.S. Border Patrol on May 11, 1992, as a member of Academy Class 252. He served in a few leadership positions within the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including chief patrol agent at El Centro Sector in Imperial, California; deputy chief patrol agent San Diego Sector; patrol agent in charge at the Brown Field Station in San Diego, California; assistant chief in CBP's Office of Anti-Terrorism in Washington, D.C.; and division chief and director for the Incident Management and Operations Coordination Division at CBP Headquarters.{{cite news | last = Singman | first = Brooke | date = January 24, 2020 | title = Border Patrol Veteran Rodney Scott Tapped to Lead Agency | url = https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rodney-scott-tapped-as-chief-of-us-border-patrol | work = Fox News}}
As Chief, Scott supported President Trump's border wall, and although holding a career service position, he became political in his critique of Democrats who favored other ways of addressing illegal aliens.{{cite news | last = Meyer | first = Josh | date = June 23, 2021 | title = Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott ousted, paving the way for Biden to install new leadership | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/23/border-patrol-chief-rodney-scott-ousted-biden-administration/5327550001/ | work = USA Today}} Scott refused to support President Biden's directive to stop using legal words like "illegal alien" in favor of descriptors like "migrant".{{cite news | last = Spagat | first = Elliot | date = June 24, 2021 | title = Border Patrol chief forced out of position | url = https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/24/border-patrol-chief-forced-out-of-position/?news-national | work = Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette}} In June 2021, Scott released a statement saying he had been "given the option to resign, retire or relocate with no rationale provided...so the new administration can place the person they want in the position". Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz will serve as interim chief.
Personal life
Scott is married and has two daughters. Scott lived in Coronado, California from 1994 to 1997, before moving to Arizona and Washington, D.C. for job assignments. In 2008, Scott and his family moved back to Coronado.{{cite news | date = January 27, 2020 | title = Coronado's Rodney Scott Selected as Chief, U.S. Border Patrol | url = https://coronadotimes.com/news/2020/01/27/coronados-rodney-scott-selected-as-chief-u-s-border-patrol/ | work = The Coronado Times}}
References
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Category:United States Border Patrol agents
Category:U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials
Category:People from Coronado, California
Category:First Trump administration personnel
Category:Biden administration personnel