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Senate approves Markwayne Mullin as next DHS secretary
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, confirmed by a 54-45 Senate vote, faces immediate challenges including a DHS funding shutdown affecting 100,000 employees and demands for immigration enforcement reforms.
- On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in a 54-45 vote, replacing Kristi Noem during a 37-day funding shutdown.
- Mounting bipartisan criticism over Noem's handling of a deadly Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation and controversial ad spending prompted her reassignment; the resulting DHS funding lapse left over 100,000 employees unpaid since mid-February.
- Democratic Senators John Fetterman and Martin Heinrich crossed party lines to support Mullin, while Senator Rand Paul opposed him over temperament concerns stemming from past personal clashes detailed during a contentious confirmation hearing.
- Addressing hours-long airport security lines, Mullin pledged to require judicial warrants for most Immigration and Customs Enforcement property entries and shift ICE toward transport operations rather than aggressive enforcement tactics.
- Mullin now leads the agency responsible for President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda while navigating stalled funding negotiations; the administration continues deploying immigration agents to assist airport operations during the standoff.
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The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body
Chris Lehmann Despite his denying the legitimacy of Biden’s election and making violent threats, Markwayne Mullin breezed through his Senate confirmation to become the new head of the DHS. The post The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body appeared first on The Nation.
Markwayne Mullin was an entrepreneur, fighter athlete and political rebel in Congress. From now on, he has to lead one of the largest authorities in the US and implement Trump's harsh immigration policy – without scandals.
Duckworth Votes Against Confirmation of Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement after voting against the nomination of U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to serve as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary. The Senate confirmed Mullin tonight by a 54-45 vote.“While Senator Mullin lacks the qualifications for the job and has a troubling pattern of anger issues, his confirmation does nothing to change the fact that two innoce…
Markwayne Mullin Confirmed as DHS Chief
The Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday night in a 54-45 vote. Two Democrats, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich, joined Republicans in supporting Mullin’s nomination. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) voted against Mullin’s nomination. “I’ve depended on Markwayne as a colleague and friend during his 3 years here in the United States Senate. And I’m …
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