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Dulcinea

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Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:52 AM 5 hrs ago

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 someone’s home or a private business. Ideally, he said, DHS would not be in the headlines nearly every day as it was under Noem’s 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 Trump’s immigration agenda, want Mullin to go further as he attempts to right an agency that experienced a year of chaos under his predecessor.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/politics/markwayne-mullin-dhs-contracts-warehouses

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Markwayne Mullin has started making policy changes at DHS. Some GOP lawmakers want him to do more (Original Post) Dulcinea 5 hrs ago OP
This is going to get worse................... Lovie777 4 hrs ago #1

Lovie777

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1. This is going to get worse...................
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:10 AM
4 hrs ago

republicans will go down in history as the evil ones who hated the USA and her people.

Now it's apparent that Russia will be allowed to input more evils into the republican party and our government.

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