New DHS nominee, same Trump agenda? What to expect from Markwayne Mullin
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces a confirmation hearing for DHS secretary amid controversies over immigration, a partial shutdown, and disaster relief.
Millions of travelers stuck in slow airport security lines. Mass civil rights protests in major cities. Two Americans dead at the hands of immigration officers.
The incoming head of the powerful Department of Homeland Security will take over an agency mired in controversy over immigration enforcement, stuck in a partial shutdown and struggling to disburse disaster relief. After firing Kristi Noem after 13 dramatic months as secretary, President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin for the top job.
The Oklahoma Republican faces a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, March 18, before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Republican supporters of Trump's new pick praise his commitment to the president's agenda. In his announcement, the president called Mullin "a MAGA Warrior... who will make a spectacular Secretary of Homeland Security."
But critics in Congress and DHS veterans say swapping Noem for Mullin will likely result in few substantive changes at a department tasked with everything from screening airport passengers to securing the border and doling out disaster assistance. They say the policy direction – especially on immigration enforcement – is coming straight from the White House.
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