Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and far-Left Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) exchanged heated words Thursday over immigration policies and child separation.
The DHS chief was on Capitol Hill to testify in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
During the hearing, DeLauro blew up at Mullin, accusing his agency of separating thousands of children from their parents.
“3,900 children were separated from their families,” DeLauro said.
“450,000 kids were lost during the Biden administration, and you didn’t say a word about it,” Mullin fired back.
DeLauro, who represents New Haven, Connecticut, erupted and started wagging her finger at the Homeland Security chief.
“Mr. Secretary! Do not interrupt,” DeLauro said, raising her voice in front of the cameras.
“Don’t you point your finger at me,” Mullin replied. “Don’t be a hypocrite.”
“I will point my finger at you,” DeLauro interjected, before asking the chairman to put Mullin “in his place.”
“You should be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost. You didn’t say a word about it. For four years, you never said a word,” Mullin exclaimed.
“You should be put in your place,” he added.
The heated confrontation follows a renewed spotlight on President Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda.
Earlier Thursday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority handed the Trump administration two major immigration victories, sparking widespread leftist meltdowns.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that the Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants and 6,000 Syrians currently living in the United States. In a different 6-3 ruling, the court upheld the federal government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry through a policy known as “metering,” rejecting arguments that federal law requires officials to process every migrant who arrives at the border seeking asylum.
Following the high court’s ruling, officials announced that Alligator Alcatraz, the detention facility in Florida’s remote Everglades, is shutting down.
In a press conference with White House Border Czar Tom Homan, DeSantis said the detention space, which was used to deport roughly 21,000 people, was no longer necessary.
“I said from the beginning that this was an emergency solution that would be temporary, that once DHS had the wherewithal to be able to handle these illegal aliens, particularly the criminal illegal aliens, that they would be able to do so, and we would still help,” DeSantis said. “In terms of us managing this facility, the minute that’s no longer needed, then we obviously would break down the facility.”
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