Markwayne Mullin has started making policy changes at DHS. Some GOP lawmakers want him to do more
(CNN) During his confirmation hearing last month, Markwayne Mullin promised to make changes at the Department of Homeland Security if he were to be confirmed as its next secretary.
He called the controversial policy under outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem that required her approval of contracts exceeding $100,000 micromanaging. He said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would be taken off the front lines and revert to relying on more restrictive judicial warrants to enter someones home or a private business. Ideally, he said, DHS would not be in the headlines nearly every day as it was under Noems leadership.
Nine days after being sworn in, Mullin has delivered on some of those promises.
But some lawmakers, including Republicans who broadly support President Donald Trumps immigration agenda, want Mullin to go further as he attempts to right an agency that experienced a year of chaos under his predecessor.
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