DHS turns on border chief over $2 million office renovation plan

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/dhs-border-chief-office-renovation-00735316

As DHS looks to increase deportations and build the wall, commissioner Rodney Scott requested a pricey office renovation project.

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #DHS #RodneyScott #press

Via #RawStory - Jan 16, 2026

Infighting inside #DHS has erupted with sr leadership turning on a top #border offcl over what aides described as an excessive office reno request.

Politico..reportd Friday that #CBP Commissioner #RodneyScott is at center of internl conflict after he sought approval for sweeping $2.1M reno of his office suite. The request came as the #Trump admin continues to press DHS to ramp up #deportations and accelerate construction of the #BorderWall.

https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-infighting-2674904254/

‘Totally insane’: DHS infighting explodes over border chief’s lavish office makeover

Infighting inside the Department of Homeland Security has erupted with senior leadership turning on a top border official over what aides described as an excessive office renovation request.That’s according to a Politico exclusive, which reported Friday that Customs and Border Protection Commissione...

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Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul sue Trump admin over 'unlawful policing tactics'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-sues-dhs-ice

Cover-Up? New HBO Film Examines 2010 Immigrant Death Under Trump’s Current Border Commissioner

An HBO documentary, Critical Incident: Death at the Border, premieres tonight that examines the alleged cover-up of the murder of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died while in U.S. custody at the border. His 2010 death occurred under the watch of Rodney Scott, the man who now heads Customs and Border Protection under President Trump. At the time, Scott was deputy chief of the San Diego sector of the Border Patrol. “Anastasio was tortured and beaten to death in public,” says director Rick Rowley. “It was a killing and a cover-up that went absolutely to the top of the organization and implicated the entire chain of command.”

Democracy Now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Gi6ZbFk0k

#DemoracyNow

#RodneyScott, Trump's #CBP Nominee, Accused of Covering Up Death of #Mexican Father CBP Custody

#FascistUSA #AnastasioHernándezRojasRIP 💔

(If you watch the vid of Anastasio's attack, it looks very much like a certain Youtube video of 1990 in #LosAngeles. #FUCKthePolice)

Rodney Scott, Trump’s CBP Nominee, Accused of Covering Up Death of Mexican Father in CBP Custody

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Trump nominates Rodney Scott to lead U.S. Customs & Border Protection
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5189475/trump-nominates-2-officials-immigration-enforcement-agencies

* fmr chief U.S. Border Patrol
* implemented key border enforcement policies
* Trump also chose Caleb Vitello as acting dir. of Immigration & Customs Enforcement
* ICE will likely carry out Trump2 deporting millions of immigrants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Caleb_Vitello

#USpol #RodneyScott #ICE #CBP
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #transgenocide
#Project2025 #racism #xenophobia
#Christofascism #transgenocide

[thread] Rodney Scott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Scott_(law_enforcement_officer)

* Chief, U.S. Border Patrol 2020-2021 in Trump1 &Biden administrations
* refused to support Biden's directive to stop using words like "illegal alien" in favor of descriptors like "migrant"

#USpol #RodneyScott #ICE #CBP
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #transgenocide
#Project2025 #racism #xenophobia
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transgenocide

Rodney Scott (law enforcement officer) - Wikipedia

…Another expected attendee Thurs night is #RodneyScott, who served as #BorderPatrol chief during Trump’s last yr in office & has defended #ZeroTolerance by arguing that it was effective in slowing down migration.…Scott explored the idea of placing buoys in the #RioGrande to deter migrants years before #Texas actually did it.

#immigration #law #Border911 #FamilySeparation #HumanRights #BidenHarris2024