The Senate confirmed Rodney Scott as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, giving President Donald Trump a permanent chief to lead the largest law enforcement organization in the country.
Scott was confirmed 51-46 on Wednesday afternoon, filling the post following a nearly five-month vacancy. In the party-line vote, all Democrats opposed Scott, who was nominated in early December.
Scott returns for Trump’s second term In this March 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego, as Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector chief, listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Scott is from Southern California and joined the Border Patrol in 1992. He rose through the ranks before being named antiterrorism adviser to the CBP commissioner
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