ICE Prosecutor Accused of Running Racist X Account Returns to Work
An attorney working for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who allegedly made racist, harmful remarks on social media is now back at work.
The Texas Observer reports the ICE prosecutor, James Rodden, was previously identified as the operator of “GlomarResponder” — an X account that posted white supremacist, anti-immigrant statements and content — while he was serving as assistant chief counsel in Dallas.
The social media account shared messages to its thousands of active followers describing America as a “white country,” painted migrants as criminals, and referred to Black people as “foreign to my people.” Xenophobic, bigoted, and anti-semetic statements have also been repeatedly shared.
After the account was exposed in 2025 by The Observer, members of Congress and civil rights lawyers demanded an investigation, declaring Rodden unfit to represent the government in immigration court.
"When the representative of the United States in our immigration courts is motivated by bigotry, racism, xenophobia, anti-immigrant bias and hatred of immigrants, this seriously interferes with the administration of justice and undermines the integrity of our legal system,” read a formal complaint shared by CBS News.
In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Democratic Congress members Bennie Thompson and Jamie Raskin said, “Anyone making racist statements and suggesting violence against immigrants is unfit to represent the United States government in immigration proceedings.”
Despite those efforts, the Observer confirmed that Rodden has now returned to court in Dallas, where he represents the government in deportation cases involving asylum-seekers, longtime residents, and families facing separation.
Though it is now set to private, the GlomarResponder account is still active. The Observer shared that on September 28, 2025, the account responded to the question, “Can anyone point to me exactly where America started going downhill?” The account responded: “November 6, 1860”— that date is when President Abraham Lincoln, the president whose administration abolished slavery, was elected.
