Scott Lloyd (lawyer)

Edward Scott "Scott" Lloyd[1] (born August 22, 1979)[2][3] is an American lawyer. He served as the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and as a senior advisor in the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives.

Scott Lloyd
Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
In office
March 2017 – November 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKenneth Tota (acting)
Succeeded byJonathan Hayes (acting)
Personal details
Born
Edward Scott Lloyd

(1979-08-22) August 22, 1979
Children6
EducationJames Madison University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)

Education

Lloyd received his undergraduate education at James Madison University and earned his J.D. at Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. He is licensed in Virginia.[4]

Career

Lloyd was an elementary English and Social Studies teacher before attending law school. He worked in private practice, at the Department of Health and Human Services (IOS/OGC), and on Capitol Hill (Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources). Lloyd worked for the Knights of Columbus where he served as an attorney in the Public Policy office. In that capacity, he helped shape the organization's humanitarian response and led its policy advocacy on behalf of the ethnic and religious minorities who are victims of ISIS.[5][6]

In March 2017, Lloyd became the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).[5][6] Media reports have said that Lloyd was "effectively" removed from running the ORR in mid-July 2018 amidst controversy over his anti-abortion actions impacting pregnant minors.[7][8] Lloyd has characterized such reports as "not true."[9] He added, "you can FOIA any day's worth of work and find that I remained the decision-maker until November," and that he received an "outstanding rating -- five out of five" in a performance review.[10] Lloyd oversaw the separating children from their parents at the Mexican border. According to Jacob Soboroff's Separated, inside an American tragedy 'Caitlin Dickerson's expose made Lloyd irritated. He was left to stew about the leak over the weekend... Embarrassed, Lloyd knew the leak came from his department, on his watch, under an administration that appointed him to his position. When considering how to handle the fallout from the leak, Lloyds's first thought was a drastic one. 'Let's get rid of the list' If he followed the idea through, it would destroy the critical linkage between the seven hundred separated children in his custody and their parents despite the fact that the list itself was the best hope of reuniting them’. [11]


In November 2018, he took a position in the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives where he served as a senior advisor. In this role, he worked "on outreach to faith-based partners for DHHS."[12] He departed DHHS on June 7, 2019.[13]

Personal life

Lloyd resides in Virginia with his wife, Ann, and their six children.[4]

References
  1. "Scott's Bio" (PDF). September 27, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2019.
  2. Trump Appointee Brings Antiabortion Mission to Immigration Shelters
  3. United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (New York, 2004-2009)
  4. "Scott Lloyd". ACF Archive | ACF. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  5. Diamond, Dan. "Former Trump refugee director to depart HHS". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  6. Hellmann, Jessie (2018-11-19). "Trump's top refugee official takes new job at HHS". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  7. Stuart, Tessa (2018-11-19). "Trump's Anti-Abortion Refugee Program Chief Has Been Removed From His Post". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  8. Diamond, Dan. "HHS reviews refugee operations as Trump calls for border crackdown". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  9. Diamond, Dan (2019-10-17). "When immigration and health care collide, with Mark Greenberg and Scott Lloyd". POLITICO.com (Podcast). Event occurs at at 44:20. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  10. Diamond, Dan (2019-10-17). "When immigration and health care collide, with Mark Greenberg and Scott Lloyd". POLITICO.com (Podcast). Event occurs at at 44:50; 48:44. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNu_EboZwNQ
  12. Sherman, Carter (2018-11-19). "Trump official in charge of separated kids is getting a new faith-based job within the administration". Vice News. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  13. Hellmann, Jessie (2019-05-29). "Trump appointee who oversaw refugee children office to leave administration". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-06-15.

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