ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Run White Supremacist X Account
Di Observer don identify di operator a “GlomarResponder,” wan overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based pan an overwhelming numba a biographical details weh dem match chruu publicly available documents, ada social media activity, an courtroom observation.
by Steven Monacelli February 19, 2025, 4:02 PM, CST
Fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids staat spread di day afta President Donald Trump did get inaugurate fi di secan time. Posts pan social media an Reddit claim seh ICE did already get spot inna di Dallas neighborhood a Oak Cliff, weh Latino immigrants staat settle inna large numbers inna di 1970s an dem did profoundly shape di culture a di vibrant community.
Dat deh same Tuesday morning, an X account wid ova 17,000 followers name GlomarResponder mek an ominous post . “Yeah, mi deh inna a courthouse a wait [sic] pan warrants,” GlomarResponder wrote . “It turn out seh a lot a bitch work fi do fi mek mass deportations happen.” One day prior, GlomarResponder did post seh him “Can confirm all a dem deh,” regarding a list a cities weh ICE did expect fi staat deportation operations di next day. “May have a betting pool fi si who can guess which one mi deh pan any particular day, based pan di news,” GlomarResponder wrote .
Dis was only di latest posts weh GlomarResponder mek ova di years weh suggest seh di operator a di account a one ICE employee. GlomarResponder don routinely express blatantly racist an anti-immigrant views. Thru an extensive review a GlomarResponder's X posts, publicly available documents, an other social media profiles an posts, di Texas Observer don identify di operator a GlomarResponder as James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, a 44-year-old who work as an assistant chief counsel fi ICE inna di Dallas area. Rodden represent di agency inna immigration court hearings weh judges decide weda dem tek weh an individual fram di country.
Since GlomarResponder did fos mek inna 2012, di account did a post hateful, xenophobic, an pro-fascist content. “America a one White nation, weh Whites did found. ... Our country shuda favor wi,” GlomarResponder write last month. “All blacks a foreign to mi people, dumb fuck,” di account did post inna September a last year. “Freedom a association neva deh inna dis country since 1964 at di absolute latest,” GlomarResponder write four months prior, further clarifying di post did a refer to di Civil Rights Act a 1964 inna a reply to a comment. “Mi a nuh commie, mi a fascist,” GlomarResponder post a couple weeks later. “Fascists solve communist problems. Get yuh insults right, retard.”
Inna August, GlomarResponder post : “'Migrants' a all criminals.” Two months later, GlomarResponder share an image weh seh: “A wi holy duty fi guard against di foreign hordes.” Som GlomarResponder posts evoke anti-immigrant violence: “Nobody a propose feeding migrants into tree shredders,” di account posted inna March 2024. “Yet. Gi it a few more weeks at dis level a invasion, an dat ago be di moderate position.” An inna January : “Mi WWII vet granfaada neva get a chance fi kill asians, so him volunteer fi Korea. Im woulda be asking fi a short term job wid ICE kicking doors an swinging a baton.”
Rodden's ICE employment is confirmed by federal court records , background interviews, and Observer courtroom visits.
A resident a Frisco, Rodden did live inna Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, an North Carolina, according to county voter registration, private data broker sites, an property records. Rodden did go a Penn State an Wake Forest University law school. A James J. Rodden have a license fi practice law inna Washington, DC, weh allow representation a ICE inna Texas immigration court an dem did grant it widin a year a Rodden's graduation fram Wake Forest. Inna court filings, Rodden claim seh him did work inna federal government fi a nomba a years before him did a get ICE job. Weh look like him LinkedIn list prior employment as a US Border Patrol agent, a United States Marine Corps armorer, an a litigation clinic student at a federal public defender's office. Di Marine Corps confirm Rodden's service an final rank a corporal, an di Federal Public Defender's office in Greensboro, North Carolina, confirm him prior employment. Di Border Patrol's parent agency did decline fi confirm Rodden's prior employment an dem did denied a public records request, citing privacy an national security concerns.
Di evidence dat Rodden operate di GlomarResponder account include an overwhelming numba a biographical details weh GlomarResponder did share ova years weh align wid information bout Rodden, including employment history, locations weh him did live, characteristics a one spouse, involvement inna a lawsuit against di federal government, height an fashion preferences, penchants fi pensing, specific an different phrayts an different interests hobbies. Di Observer confirm dem details bout Rodden chruu ada social media profiles, public records, private data broker sites, open-source investigative tools, interviews, an attendance a court hearings in which Rodden did a represent ICE.
Rodden neva respond to multiple Observer requests fi comment, weh did detail di findings a dis story, sen to him ICE email address. A call to a phone numba weh did associate wid Rodden reach a man weh did decline fi confirm him identity before him hang up. Wen dem approach im inna a public hallway outside di Dallas immigration court an ask fi confirm receipt a di email requests, Rodden seh only fi “call [im] press office.”
Wan ICE spokesperson decline fi confirm Rodden's employment, an di agency decline fi release personnel records fi Rodden widout him written permission. Di spokesperson write inna one email: “US Immigration an Customs Enforcement naa go comment pan di substance a dis article pending further investigation, fi include weda di owna a di referenced 'X' account a one current employee. Notwithstanding, ICE hold dem employees to di highest standards a professionalism an tek seriously all inappropriate allegations.”
Inna November 2021, a group a federal employees file a class action lawsuit , style James Joseph Rodden, et al. v. Dr. Anthony Fauci , ova di federal employee vaccine mandate weh did require all federal workers fi get di COVID vaccine fi keep dem job. Per di lawsuit, Rodden was an “Assistant Chief Counsel at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” a position di Observer was able fi confirm Rodden still occupy by attending Dallas immigration court an noting him name pan a schedule circulated by di Dallas ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, weh at chief counsel dem generally call chief counsel assistant.
Pan September 6, 2023, GlomarResponder write : “Mi a party to a lawsuit weh preventing transmission was di justification fi a shot mandate,” referring to di COVID-19 vaccine. Im later lamented , pan December 12 dat deh year, seh di lawsuit did vacate .
Lawsuit filings reveal seh Rodden tek a blood test as part a providing evidence a naturally acquired immunity to COVID, an a briefing submitted pan behalf a Rodden an him co-plaintiffs inna a similar case argue seh di vaccines dem “less efficacious dan natural immunity in preventing reinfection.”
Inna posts pan X, GlomarResponder mek statements weh echo weh Rodden assert inna di court filings. Inna 2023, GlomarResponder write seh him find out seh him did have COVID wen him “get a blood test fi a lawsuit” an seh him immunity did find out fi be “better dan dat a di multi-shot morons.” Inna wan recent response to a post weh did describe di vaccine mandate as “insane,” GlomarResponder write seh “some a wi neva only seh so at di time, wi sue dem ova it.”
Pan January 21 a dis year, di same day weh GlomarResponder did claim fi be wait fi warrants at a courthouse, Rodden did schedule fi deh a di immigration courthouse inna downtown Dallas, according to a weekly schedule document fram ICE. Later dat deh week, di Observer si Rodden a work at a deportation hearing, weh him did a represent di government agency. At dis hearing, an anodda hearing inna early February, Rodden did a wear a three-piece suit, cufflinks, an a watch—items GlomarReponder did post bout wearing —an it did look like it did bout 6’2”, corresponding to di height weh GlomarResponder did disclose inna di post dem pan X. Him did maintain a clean head, GlomarReponder did a shave somting, an GlomarReponder did a shave somting. recommended as “ wisdom ” to man who a go bald .
Durin di January court hearing di Observer did attend, Rodden repeatedly use him phone at moments weh correspond to times GlomarResponder did mek posts. At di February hearing, di Observer si Rodden a scroll thru di X app pan him phone an a draft a post at 1:14 pm Di profile photo weh did appear while Rodden did a draft di post did look like dat a GlomarResponder, weh did post at 1:15pm.
Ova di years, GlomarResponder don mek a nomba a posts weh closely align wid di posts a one Facebook account wid di profile name Jim Rodden. James Rodden often go by “Jim,” according to multiple sources, an di Facebook profile weh dem post inna di Wake Forest Law Class of 2012 group, corresponding wid education information pan di James Rodden LinkedIn profile (we use di first name “Jim” inna di URL). James J. Rodden also appear inna di list a 2012 Wake Forest law graduates. GlomarResponder don post multiple times bout Wake Forest an di city weh it deh, Winston-Salem .
Di Jim Rodden Facebook profile get tag inna a post by an account weh look like it belong to Rodden's wife, an di Facebook did post both specific text an uncommon images weh align wid dem weh GlomarResponder did post.
Pan June 8, 2023, GlomarResponder write seh “Dem try fi force a needle inna mi arm, an threaten fi tek food outa mi family mout. Mi nuh tek kindly to threats. Mi don respond by spen a significant portion a mi time an treasure pan lawsuits.”
A year before, di Jim Rodden Facebook account did post: “Dis a yuh periodic reminder seh anyone weh a try force a needle inna mi arm, or mi son arm, can fuck directly off forever wid di 'mi body, mi choice' bullshit.” Dis post, lang wid plenty ada ones, did either delete or mek private afta di Observer contact Rodden fi comment.
Di Facebook account did post bout opposition to “red flag laws” weh can restrict a person's ability fi buy a gun, use an image weh did a depict di “Appeal to Heaven” flag weh did become associated wid far-right Christian nationalism fi a profile banner photo, did post bout di Comedian fram di comic book series The Watchmen, did share an image a di Mexican Kratos, write Kratos character fram di image a di image a di image video game series God of War as a profile picture, an use multiple images a di insignia fi di rank a Corporal inna di Marine Corps fi various profile pictures. Pan X, GlomarResponder don post critically bout red flag laws, repeatedly post di phrase “Appeal to Heaven,” post bout how him tink di Comedian is “based,” share di same image a di wrestler Blue Demon as di Facebook account (widin 24 hours), post bout Kratos an di God of War video game series, an post bout how him did rank lef a di Corporal Marines, weh correspond wid di final rank weh Rodden did get before him lef di Marines.
Di Facebook account also feature a banner image weh depict an M1942 “Frog Skin” camo flag wid an atypical cracked-skull Marine Raiders emblem weh did update inna November 2023. Inna July 2024, GlomarResponder did post di same photo. Di flag a one uncommon variant weh dem did a sell pan a website weh dem call Paid to Raid but it no deh pan dem products no more. Reverse image searches fi di photo a di flag no turn up no ada exact matches outside a Paid to Raid's webstore.
Di Observer also match ada publicly available information bout Rodden wid biographical details weh dem reveal inna GlomarResponder posts. County property records an university documents confirm him prior residence in Northern Virginia an North Carolina an attendance at Penn State, weh him did participate inna marching band according to di Linkedin profile. Dis is consistent wid GlomarResponder's posts dat di account operator did attend Penn State , did work a one office inna Northern Virginia, an did inna marching band. James Rodden appear inna one 2003 Penn State yearbook.
GlomarResponder don post repeatedly bout being an armorer , serving inna di Marines , an working fi Border Patrol , weh correspond wid Rodden's LinkedIn.
According to di Register of Deeds' office a Forsyth County, North Carolina—reached by phone—James Rodden get married inna August 2009. (Forsyth County is weh Wake Forest deh.) Him wife's maiden name, confirmed by di clerk, align wid public records an private data broker information weh help confirm seh Rodden live inna Friscodden.
A Facebook profile weh did a share him wife's name mek a post inna August bout a family dog, Freya, in which di account tag di Jim Rodden Facebook account. Di Facebook account did describe di dog as a “Working Line German Shepherd,” weh dem call it generally an by di account as “GSD,” specifically fram di Czech lineage a di breed. According to di Facebook an a LinkedIn profile weh match har name, as well as publicly available corporate information, Rodden's wife a one horseback jumper trainer an owna a Clear Round Jumpers. Har Facebook account feature posts bout har interest inna dressage. Di account's profile picture, weh dem did share inna a post by a Collin County horse training facility's Facebook page weh did tag di apparent Facebook a Rodden's wife, a one woman wid red hair an no visible tattoos.
GlomarResponder post seh di account operator's wife a one “hunter / jumper trainer” weh competent at “dressage” an have red hair an no tattoos. Di account don post several times bout having a female dog an training German Shepherds—referring to dem as GSDs, positively describing di virtues of di “average working line shep,” an posting dat “Czech [GSDs] are also very good dogs.”
Pan X, GlomarResponder did post bout miting a spouse at age 27 an get married before age 30. Dat align wid Rodden's August 2009 marriage record inna Forsyth County, North Carolina, weh Rodden did own property according to public records . Private data brokers also place him wife at di same North Carolina address as Rodden at dis time. “At 28, a mi di old guy inna di class?,” reads an April 2009 post weh di Jim Rodden Facebook account mek inna di Wake Forest Law Class of 2012 Facebook group.
Pan Facebook, Jim Rodden did like an reply to mixed martial arts photos an videos weh a Frisco MMA gym did post.
GlomarResponder claim seh dem deh unda consideration fi a federal appointment weh woulda require Senate confirmation, weh di Observer couldn't confirm. Di account don also suggest seh some a it posts dem may be misrepresentations fi purposely mislead dem who wish fi uncover di operator's identity.
“If yuh a read mi anon Twitter account, some personal details may be misdirection,” GlomarResponder write pan August 17, 2024.
But di alignment a biographical details, political viewpoints, interests, an di use a di same images across accounts is so specific dat open-source intelligence experts weh did a review di Observer’s findings seh di evidence linking Rodden to GlomarResponder (an anodda account, devildog_jim, weh dem use fi forum posting) is unlikely to be coinidental.
“Wi ask two a wi analysts wid more dan 20 years a combined experience inna open source intelligence fi review di identification,” seh Bjørn Ihler, founder an CEO a Revontulet, a private counterterrorism intelligence an research company. “Dem find it to be thorough, well-supported, an worthy a public attention. Dem agree seh di evidence linking James Rodden to di online accounts in question is strong, wid significant biographical consistencies spanning ova a decade. ... Di depth a di investigation lef likkle room fi doubt.”
An attorney weh express racism, xenophobia, an fascist politics woulda raise questions bout dem ability fi act fairly an impartially inna legal proceedings, such as inna Rodden's capacity fi represent ICE inna immigration removal hearings, seh Cyrus Mehta, a New York-based immigration attorney wid ova 30 years a experience.
“A govament lawyer weh vilify people weh him oppose inna court, an put dat out unda di radar, woulda clearly be engaging inna conduct weh prejudicial to di administration of justice,” Mehta seh.
Mehta seh such conduct coulda violate di Rules of Professional Conduct fi di District of Columbia Bar—weh neva waan comment pan dis story—thru weh James J. Rodden hold him license. According to Mehta, dem deh rules deh common inna bar associations an dem use dem fi charge an sanction attorneys.
Fi context, Mehta note, deh have a rule inna di Code of Federal Regulations bout private attorneys weh seh it “in di public interest fi an adjudicating official or di board fi impose disciplinary sanctions against any practitioner” weh engage inna “conduct weh prejudicial to di administration a justice or undermine di integrity a di adjudicative.”
As of publication time, Rodden still schedule fi represent di government inna immigration court.
Kyle Phalen, wan independent researcher, contribute to dis report.
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ICE Prosecutor Who Run Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, weh di Observer did identify last year as di operator a one account weh routinely post hateful statements, did look like him did deh back a work Tuesday.
by Steven Monacelli January 13, 2026, 6:38 PM, CST
n February a laas year, di Texas Observer ripuot seh James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—wan Immigration an Customs Enforcement (ICE) assistant chief counsel weh act as a prosecutor fi ICE inna immigration court in Dallas—operate a white supremacist X account weh niem GlomarResponder, based pan wan uovawwwing nomba a biographical details weh di Publicly match chuu di Observer documents weh deh deh, ada social media activity, an courtroom observation.
Di account have ova 17,000 followers an it routinely post hateful statements, including dat “America is a White nation,” dat “'Migrants' are all criminals,” an dat “All blacks are foreign to mi people,” in addition to posts wid apparent praise of Adolf Hitler.
Afta di Observer ’s initial story did publish, Rodden did apparently get pull fram federal immigration court schedules . Three members a Congress sen leta to ICE an di Department of Homeland Security an demand fi investigate Rodden. ICE ansa inna wan leta laas Maach tu Congressman Marc Veasey, weh riprisent paat a Dallas, an se di ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) “andastan di siiryosnis a di aagiment dem an wi mek shuor se di aagiment dem get adres prapali, fair, an kwik-kwik” an se “OPR tipikali adminischrietiv investigieshan don wid 12 die.” ICE neva provide no more information since den.
Wen dem get a tip fram wan attorney weh represent immigrants inna removal proceedings at di Dallas Immigration Court, di Observer arrive a di courtroom a Judge Deitrich H. Sims Tuesday aftanuun ahed a di day's merits hearings fi federal immigration cases. Wen di Observer open di door to di courtroom, Rodden did a sidong a di prosecutors dem desk. A court clerk seh di Observer neva did allow fi sit inna di hearings. Di Observer also get a photo a Rodden a lef di courtroom Tuesday wid him staff badge.
ICE neva immediately respond to di Observer ’s request fi comment pan Rodden’s employment status.
Rodden's apparent return to work as an ICE prosecutor inna immigration court come at a time wen ICE's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics a drive national controversy an mass protests, especially afta an ICE agent inna Minneapolis shot an kill Renee Good , a mada an award-winning poet, pan January 7.
Rodden's X account, GlomarResponder, set to private but it still active. Pan September 28, 2025, di account ansa di kweschan “Can anyone point to mi exactly weh America staat go dong?” Di account respond: “November 6, 1860”—di date wen President Abraham Lincoln, di president whose administration did end slavery, did get elect.
“Mi naa go mek dis go unnoticed,” Veasey seh inna wan statement tu di Observer . “White supremacists shudn't hold positions of authority inna wi justice system, an mi ago do everyting inna mi power fi mek sure seh Rodden get hold accountable.”
Edita's Note: Dis story get update wid comment fram Congressman Marc Veasey an wid a more specific description a one unnamed source.
Steven Monacelli a one special investigative correspondent fi di Observer an a freelance investigative journalist weh based inna Dallas. Im cover extremism, disinformation, an ada topics. Him reporting dem did feature inna Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, The Real News, Dallas Observer, Dallas Weekly, an more. Im a di publisher a Protean Magazine , a nonprofit literary publication.
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