Rodney S. Scott served as the 24th chief of the United States Border Patrol from January 24, 2020, to August 14, 2021, in both the Trump and Biden administrations.

He served in a few leadership positions within the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including chief patrol agent at El Centro Sector in Imperial, California; deputy chief patrol agent San Diego Sector; patrol agent in charge at the Brown Field Station in San Diego, California; assistant chief in CBP's Office of Anti-Terrorism in Washington, D.C.; and division chief and director for the Incident Management and Operations Coordination Division at CBP Headquarters.

[1] As Chief, Scott supported President Trump's border wall, and although holding a career service position, he became political in his critique of Democrats who favored other ways of addressing illegal aliens.

[2] Scott refused to support President Biden's directive to stop using legal words like "illegal alien" in favor of descriptors like "migrant".

[3] In June 2021, Scott released a statement saying he had been "given the option to resign, retire or relocate with no rationale provided...so the new administration can place the person they want in the position".