EXCLUSIVE — Largely outside of the public eye, Customs and Border Protection has continued to surge personnel into the interior of the United States to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the three months since the White House halted the fiery showdown in Minnesota.
In the roughly 100 days since two CBP employees and an ICE officer fatally shot two American activists in Minneapolis, both agencies have had a chance to reflect and recalibrate on how they approach immigration enforcement.
In his first sit-down interview since January, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott acknowledged “missteps” in how CBP handled the officer-involved shooting and communicated with the public about its work with ICE.
“I believe we had some missteps, to say the absolute least. I think we’re learning from those, and we’re pressing on,” said Scott, who sat back with hands grasping the arms of a club chair in his
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