Republicans almost certain to push through appointment following the ousting of Noem amid public backlash to her aggressive immigration approach
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A Senate committee later today is expected to give a quick confirmation to Markwayne Mullin, a first-term Republican senator from Oklahoma, to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mullin was nominated by US president Donald Trump after Kristi Noem was ousted amid public blowback against the administration’s aggressive approach to its mass deportation agenda, which resulted in the killings of two US citizens by immigration agents in Minneapolis.
The Democrats have forced the DHS into a partial shutdown until their demands for guardrails on immigration enforcement are met.
