Rodney Scott, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), made his first appearance before a Senate panel Wednesday on his way to confirmation.

Democrats at the Senate Finance Committee hearing said they were concerned about several incidents in Scott’s past at Border Patrol, as well as how he would carry out the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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