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President-elect Donald Trump nominated more people to fill key positions in his administration Thursday night, delivering on his campaign promise to "stop illegal immigration once and for all."In a number of social media posts online, Trump named Rodney Scott as Customs and Border Protection commissioner and Caleb Vitello as acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director.Other nominations include former Sen. David Perdue as U.S. Ambassador to China, Brandon Judd as Ambassador to Chile and Tony Salisbury as deputy Homeland Security advisor.Trump also named venture capitalist David Sacks as his so-called White House AI and Crypto Czar. Digital money like Bitcoin has skyrocketed in the wake of Trump's election despite experts' warnings of risky investments without the backing of a centralized bank. But Trump says he wants to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet" and has voiced plans of creating a strategic reserve of Bitcoin. His appointment of Sacks and Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission are seen as crypto-friendly moves, further driving up Bitcoin's value.But, it's Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who still faces a challenging confirmation process.Hegseth appeared on Capitol Hill this week to appeal to senators amid allegations of excessive drinking, sexual assault, and controversial opinions about women's roles in the military."This process has been a very good one despite all the noise on the outside," Hegseth said to a crowd of reporters. "As long as President Trump wants me in this fight, I'm going to be standing right here in this fight - fighting to bring the Pentagon back to what it needs to be."Some Senators have debated their involvement in the vetting and confirmation process."Who are we to say that we're a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump?" Sen. Tommy Tuberville said. "That's not our job to do that. That's the Democrats."Democrats have pushed back."The Constitution says that every one of us must advise and consent on every nominee made by the president," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. "Individually, we take an oath not to a president, but to the Constitution. And I think that any senator who says I'm just going to vote in favor of whoever the president sends up because the president has vetted him enough is really violating their oath of office."