President Donald Trump's nominee to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, is facing scrutiny over allegations that he helped shield federal agents from accountability in the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented immigrant who died after a violent encounter with border agents.
The allegations have been drawn from ongoing international human rights proceedings and outlined in a recent letter by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). The alleged incident took place when Scott was serving as deputy chief patrol agent of the San Diego Sector of Border Patrol.
