Mullin Blasts Bill to Abolish ICE and CBP, Dismantling 270,000-Staff DHS
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 25
Mullin Blasts Bill to Abolish ICE and CBP, Dismantling 270,000-Staff DHS
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 25
Summary
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sharply attacked Rep. Delia Ramirez's Reimagining Safety Act, saying it would dismantle DHS and eliminate ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
Ramirez's bill would replace DHS with a Department of Community Safety while preserving agencies including TSA, FEMA, CISA, the Coast Guard and customs functions, but it would abolish ICE and start a separate civil immigration system.
Mullin framed the proposal as a threat to public safety, citing DHS arrests in Illinois of migrants convicted of rape, robbery and homicide and pointing to 16 straight months of zero migrant releases under current enforcement.
DHS also said anti-ICE rhetoric has fueled a more than 1,300% increase in assaults on officers, while Ramirez argued the department has become a weaponized agency that should be dismantled and rebuilt.