Democrats Target DHS Chief Mullin Over 3 Immigration Failures if They Gain Power
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 23
Democrats Target DHS Chief Mullin Over 3 Immigration Failures if They Gain Power
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 23
Summary
House Democrats are preparing to put Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the center of next Congress’s immigration oversight if they gain more power in November.
Their aim is to drag the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown back into the spotlight by tying Mullin directly to DHS management problems.
A Democratic aide said committees plan to examine 3 areas: missing body cameras for many immigration agents, poor conditions at immigration facilities, and DHS’s failure to cooperate with its inspector general.
Mullin, a former lawmaker brought in partly because he was seen as better able to work with Congress than former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, now faces becoming a prime Democratic target.