← Chronicle · Confirmation · June 18, 2025

Rodney Scott Confirmed as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 51–46

Senate vote: 51–46

Rodney Scott was confirmed by the Senate as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 18, 2025, by a vote of 51–46 (Senate roll call vote 321, nomination PN12-40).

The mission that started here is the border-enforcement program at the largest federal law-enforcement agency: Scott, a career Border Patrol official who had previously served as Chief of the Border Patrol, took over CBP — the component this chronicle tracks through the Homeland Security file, alongside the acting ICE leadership and the Border Czar’s office. His full profile lives on his team page.

Sources: U.S. Senate roll call votes, 119th Congress, 1st session — vote 321, June 18, 2025 (senate.gov), confirming Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security (PN12-40).