Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott has just announced he is immediately stepping down from his role. He will be temporarily be replaced by his second in command until a permanent replacement is appointed

The Washington Examiner reports:

Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott informed regional chiefs from around the country in a video conference Wednesday of his plans to leave, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation.

The move comes five months into the Biden administration, while Border Patrol’s parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has struggled to get a leader confirmed by the Senate. President Joe Biden nominated Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus for the job in mid-April. Magnus’s department came under scrutiny last June for how officers restrained a Hispanic man. The man, Carlos Ingram-Lopez, died while in police custody.

A second person familiar with internal considerations about Magnus’s nomination said the administration is considering moving him to be Border Patrol chief because he would not need to get congressional approval to work in that position.