Trump’s new DHS pick says there’s a ‘better approach’ to current ICE operations
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, questioned how Markwayne Mullin would change ICE operations from former Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure.
You say you don’t want ice in the news. You say you want to rebuild trust. Your predecessor was fired because she couldn’t manage that, and, um, uh, you know, people had to go in and bring the temperature down. Can you, without other words, just state clearly what you’d be willing to do to fundamentally reform ICE. Um, and put into law to do so since that trust is gone. Ma’am, as you know, I, I can’t make the law. You guys make that for me. You’re gonna be the secretary, I, I agree, but I can’t make the law. I can work within the parameters. Tell us, tell us what you’d be willing to put into law. So, um, let’s, I, right now, the law that I work into is, is your guys’ decision. We’ll work through that, but I do believe there is *** better approach, and I think working with municipalities, um, I would love to see ICE become *** transport more than the front line. If we get back, if we can get back into just simply working with law enforcement, we’re going to them and we’re picking up these criminals from their jail. One, they’re, we’re going to reimburse them for having the person there, and *** partnership is vitally important. I don’t think there needs to be *** law to change that. I think I can work within what is there, um, but there’s ***, there’s an approach that can happen. But we’ve got to have partners. Yes, I understand. I understand, but I just, I would just, we’re not going to agree to this here, but I would just say. Um, the ability, you know, the trust is gone and not just with Democrats. Um, that’s why we’re here. That’s why your predecessor was fired, and there, there needs to be fundamental reform of this law enforcement agency, and I think that the public writ large is crying out for.
Trump’s new DHS pick says there’s a ‘better approach’ to current ICE operations
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, questioned how Markwayne Mullin would change ICE operations from former Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure.
Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, faced tough questions during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, questioned the role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration and former Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure. “You say you don’t want ICE in the news. You say you want to rebuild trust. Your predecessor was fired because she couldn’t manage that,” Slotkin said. “Can you, without other words, just state clearly what you would be willing to do to fundamentally reform ICE?” While Mullin said what is enacted into law is not the job of the DHS secretary, he said he does believe there is a “better approach” to overseeing ICE in the U.S. He said that includes working with municipalities. Video above: Rand Paul-Markwayne Mullin exchange during DHS confirmation hearing”I would love to see ICE become a transport more than the front lines. If we can get back into simply working with law enforcement. We are going to them. We are picking up these criminals from their jails,” Mullin said. “A partnership is vitally important. I don’t think there needs to be a law to change that. I think I can work within what is there.” The Michigan senator said that the trust in DHS is gone, and “not just with Democrats.” She said that there needs to be reform and that the public is crying out for it.Whether Mullin did enough to convince lawmakers to back him remains to be seen; the committee is expected to vote on whether to advance Mullin’s nomination Thursday.CNN contributed to this report.
Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, faced tough questions during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, questioned the role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration and former Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure.
“You say you don’t want ICE in the news. You say you want to rebuild trust. Your predecessor was fired because she couldn’t manage that,” Slotkin said. “Can you, without other words, just state clearly what you would be willing to do to fundamentally reform ICE?”
While Mullin said what is enacted into law is not the job of the DHS secretary, he said he does believe there is a “better approach” to overseeing ICE in the U.S. He said that includes working with municipalities.
Video above: Rand Paul-Markwayne Mullin exchange during DHS confirmation hearing
“I would love to see ICE become a transport more than the front lines. If we can get back into simply working with law enforcement. We are going to them. We are picking up these criminals from their jails,” Mullin said. “A partnership is vitally important. I don’t think there needs to be a law to change that. I think I can work within what is there.”
The Michigan senator said that the trust in DHS is gone, and “not just with Democrats.” She said that there needs to be reform and that the public is crying out for it.
Whether Mullin did enough to convince lawmakers to back him remains to be seen; the committee is expected to vote on whether to advance Mullin’s nomination Thursday.
CNN contributed to this report.
