All posts tagged "Rodney Scott"

Nasty infighting broke out last year as the leaders of two federal immigration law enforcement agencies disagreed over how to carry out Trump's mass deportation campaign promise, according to a new report.

According to an NBC News report, two officials with the Department of Homeland Security detailed the fight that broke out during a February 2025 meeting. Caleb Vitello, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at one point became so heated with Rodney Scott, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol parent agency, that handlers had to "clear the room," officials told NBC News.

DHS had been behind in its plan to deport 1 million immigrants during Trump's first year, despite efforts to coordinate between ICE, CBP, and the Department of Defense. ...

A lawmaker Tuesday warned Department of Homeland Security leaders that they would face justice following the deaths of American citizens and unlawful behavior by federal agents.

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) had a serious message for the heads of the agencies responsible for carrying out the Trump administration's harsh immigration tactics and mass deportation policy during a hearing where leaders were testifying ahead of a looming DHS funding deadline.

"My mother, a Guatemalan immigrant and an American, taught me that I have a responsibility to look evil in the eye and to fight it," Ramirez said. ...