Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Donald Trump-appointed US border chief Rodney Scott told to leave by Joe Biden administration
ABC News ^ | 24 June 2021 | AP

Posted on 06/25/2021 8:03:19 AM PDT by BeauBo

The chief of the US Border Patrol said he was leaving his job less than two years into a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarising political debate.

Rodney Scott wrote to agents that he will be reassigned...

In a statement on social media, Mr (Chief) Scott said he had received a letter offering him the options to resign, retire or relocate, without giving him a reason for his removal.

He said the notice came "so the new administration can place the person they want in the position."

Mr (Chief) Scott, a career agent, was appointed chief in January 2020 and enthusiastically embraced then-president Donald Trump's policies, particularly on building a border wall...

Mr (Chief) Scott had refused to fall in line with a Biden administration directive to stop using terms like "illegal alien" in favour of descriptions like "migrant."...

The Border Patrol chief, who heads an agency of nearly 20,000 agents, is appointed by the Customs and Border Protection commissioner and is not subject to US Senate confirmation...

The news came as Vice-President Kamala Harris announced she would make her first visit on Friday to the US-Mexico border since taking office.

Ms Harris will visit the El Paso area, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...

Ms Harris will arrive in the area just days before Mr (President) Trump is to visit the border with a group of House Republicans and Texas governor Greg Abbott, and Mr (President) Trump is certain to use the opportunity to drive Republican attacks on Democrats as soft on immigration.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Mexico
KEYWORDS: borderpatrol
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

1 posted on 06/25/2021 8:03:19 AM PDT by BeauBo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BeauBo

fraudulent elections have consequences


2 posted on 06/25/2021 8:04:30 AM PDT by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BeauBo

I wish Republican administrations would do that.


3 posted on 06/25/2021 8:04:32 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BeauBo

They want some one who will facilitate the processing in of all illegal aliens instead of defending the border from invasion.


4 posted on 06/25/2021 8:07:34 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Trump’s first two DHS chiefs were open borders advocates, don’t know who recommended them, but suspect it was a Bush League Republican.


5 posted on 06/25/2021 8:09:33 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: BeauBo

This is the stuff Trump should have done to the enemy.


6 posted on 06/25/2021 8:13:01 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
In a statement on social media, Mr (Chief) Scott said he had received a letter offering him the options to resign, retire or relocate, without giving him a reason for his removal.

7 posted on 06/25/2021 8:17:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BeauBo

Democrats are the party of criminals...


8 posted on 06/25/2021 8:20:31 AM PDT by GOPJ (RAPE isn't penis violence. ARSON isn't fire violence. Murder isn't gun violence. CriminalsRviolence )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BeauBo
It just astounds me the TDS this administration has that they've cancelled everyone of his successful border initiatives. I'm surprised they have yet to over-ride Trump's successful new trade agreement (name?) that got rid of the awful NAFTA agreement, treaty?

Are there any successful Trump policies they haven't changed due to mean tweets?

9 posted on 06/25/2021 8:21:14 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021 under Biteme.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SunkenCiv

a democrat would just refuse to go

then finally would be forced out but would raise hell the whole time, and probably file a lawsuit and the media would be saying that democracy is under assault


10 posted on 06/25/2021 8:21:22 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeDude

Cannot reverse the MCUSA trade agreement as it had congressional approval and signed by not just USA but Mexico and Canada. Most of Bidens reversals have come Via the Executive Order.


11 posted on 06/25/2021 8:24:29 AM PDT by princess leah (Princess Leah non vaccinated)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeDude

and take all the “B” and “Hs” off the keyboards


12 posted on 06/25/2021 8:25:23 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportiongte tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: PGR88

What would happen to land owners in TX if they posted signs on their property that said something like “all trespassers will be shot”?


13 posted on 06/25/2021 8:25:57 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: A Navy Vet

Just heard a quick sound bite on local Austin radio ..... Some El Paso politician just welcomed Willie’s Whore Harris by saying, “welcome to the new Ellis Island”.


14 posted on 06/25/2021 8:29:11 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

But republican leaders in congress wouldn’t let him do much of anything while russia russia russia was going on and that lasted three years, then it was impeachment, then election year. McConnell, Grassley, Graham ensured him if he did anything like trying to drain the swamp, he would surely be impeached and convicted.


15 posted on 06/25/2021 8:31:09 AM PDT by Pollard
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston
Yep. It makes me wonder about Trump. An imminently astute businessman yet made such deplorably poor choices as to who surrounds him. I still cringe at the thought when Ivanka was in the White House.

Sentimentality has zero place in leadership.

16 posted on 06/25/2021 8:36:24 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: BeauBo
He said the notice came "so the new administration can place the person they want in the position."

This is true. I hope Trump and other Republicans understand this and do this. No reason required. Anyone hired by a Democrat administration should be fired. Not reassigned. No option of resigning. You come into office on day one and fire their asses. The list is prepared during the transition and executed the very first day in office. No need to worry about continuity. We will certainly be better off with government agencies running around with their heads cut off.

17 posted on 06/25/2021 8:38:40 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pollard

That’s about the size of it.


18 posted on 06/25/2021 8:40:19 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Lurkinanloomin

“They want some one who will facilitate the processing in of all illegal aliens instead of defending the border from invasion.”

Absolutely.

They may have done this now, because they fear what he might say (the truth) in front of a camera, when Kamala Harris has her photo op at the border in a few days.


19 posted on 06/25/2021 8:41:08 AM PDT by BeauBo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: LouAvul

“I still cringe at the thought when Ivanka was in the White House.”

It was a diverse team. Different tools, for different tasks.

Ivanka was a star, when it came to outreach to bring Democrat voters over to the Republican column - particularly significant impacts among Jews and Indians, as well as women generally.

India is the only significant counterweight to China in many ways, and Ivanka was a hit as a Bollywood-like celebrity in India. Jared delivered the Abraham Accords in the Middle East.

When it came to immigration, he had rock solid Stephen Miller.

He matched talents to tasks, but there were a lot of RINOs at heart that he had to go through, who were only unveiled once put to the test.


20 posted on 06/25/2021 8:57:32 AM PDT by BeauBo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson