The Biden administration is forcing out the career law enforcement official overseeing the U.S. Border Patrol and will temporarily replace him with the second in command, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott informed regional chiefs from around the country in a video conference Wednesday of his plans to leave, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.
One person said the move was not related to Scott's performance over the past 18 months or how he has handled the surge of people coming across the southern border since President Joe Biden took office.
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"Just a simple needs of the service directed reassignment so the new administration can place the person they want in the position," Scott continued.
Png Facebook The move comes five months into the Biden administration, while Border Patrol's parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has struggled to get a leader confirmed by the Senate.
A second person familiar with internal considerations about Magnus's nomination said the administration is considering moving him to be Border Patrol chief because he would not need to get congressional approval to work in that position.
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