Steve Bannon Urges Trump to Replace DHS Secretary, Focus on Mass Deportations: 'Mullin Is the Wrong Guy at the Wrong Time'
The Homeland Security Secretary's remarks on work visas and legal immigration pathways have drawn coordinated calls for his removal from MAGA influencers and administration insiders.
- On Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sparked backlash from MAGA influencers after remarks at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Oklahoma City, where he distinguished between legal and illegal immigrants and proposed work visa reforms.
- While overseeing an immigration crackdown that accelerated under Trump, Mullin adopted a measured public tone compared to predecessor Kristi Noem, with ICE averaging nearly 1,600 arrests per day during July's first 11 days.
- Steve Bannon told Politico that Mullin is 'the wrong guy at the wrong time for the wrong job,' calling for Trump to appoint 'Pitbull' Pulte to DHS, while former Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino posted that Mullin 'celebrates your replacement as long as it's done legally.'
- White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson stated 'The President has confidence in Secretary Mullin and his entire Administration to carry out the agenda the American people voted for,' defending him against replacement calls.
- Four months into his tenure, Mullin's diplomatic approach with Democratic governors including Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro conflicts with White House adviser Stephen Miller's mass deportation priorities, positioning his future as uncertain despite administration support.
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Markwayne Mullin is doing exactly what President Donald Trump needed done at Homeland Security in the wake of Kristi Noem’s disastrous tenure — so of course a pack of podcasters who claim they speak for MAGA want Mullin gone yesterday. The new DHS chief is delivering more illegal-migrant detentions, arrests and deportations. And he’s doing it without the pointless confrontations that outrage most Americans and so endanger the entire project of g…
White House seeks to quash Steven Bannon-led MAGA uprising against Markwayne Mullin
Mullin has been a “problem from the beginning,” Steve Bannon told The Post, adding that the country “needed action” on immigration crackdowns, particularly ahead of the November election that will decide control of Congress.
Steve Bannon Urges Trump to Replace DHS Secretary, Focus on Mass Deportations: 'Mullin Is the Wrong Guy at the Wrong Time'
Mullin said in a recent event that the U.S. should expand permanent employment-based visas in sectors facing chronic labor shortages, drawing backlash from conversative figures
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