NOW THAT’S SOME CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN: Senate Confirms Border Patrol Veteran of 30 Years Who Was Fired by Mayorkas to Lead CBP.

Rodney Scott is a 30-year veteran of the Border Patrol, who previously served as the chief patrol agent in San Diego sector under the first Trump administration, before earning promotion to chief of the U.S. Border Patrol from 2020 to 2021. In June ’21, former CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan, who promoted Scott, expressed his anger at then-Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for firing Scott, a “man of integrity” and “courage,” explaining that Scott had been “very honest and open about his criticisms” of the Biden administration’s handling of the border “impact[ing] their ability to secure our borders.”

Morgan did not mince words about how Mayorkas seemed to gauge who should be retained and who should be fired:

“If [Sec. Mayorkas] cannot bully someone, a career official, if he can’t turn a career official into no more than a puppet to further his open border policies, he’s getting rid of him. And that’s what he’s done.”

Back in April, investigative journalist Catherine Herridge noted that Scott has promised to look into CBP whistleblowers Mark Jones, Fred Wynn, and Mike Taylor’s allegations that they were retaliated against “for showing homeland security was in violation of its own border law,” and hold those DHS officials accountable.

It also doesn’t hurt things that the Border Czar, Tom Homan is a long time fan.

Nifty.