White House Tensions Grow with DHS Chief Mullin, Reports Say
Mullin has irritated administration officials after pausing an ICE vehicle-stops policy, misstating a Supreme Court ruling and questioning an ICE nomination.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is facing growing tensions with the White House after unilaterally pausing ICE vehicle traffic stops earlier this month following fatal shootings in Maine and Texas.
- President Donald Trump reversed the policy within 24 hours, as administration officials noted Mullin implemented the pause without White House consultation, calling the move '100%' a bad decision.
- Declaring the tactic essential, Trump wrote on social media, "We must be strong, tough and smart and we CANNOT give up one of ICE's most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!".
- Beyond the policy dispute, administration concerns also center on Mullin's nomination of Lance Schroyer as ICE director, with insiders describing the candidate as dangerously "unprepared" for the role.
- Comparisons have emerged to his predecessor, Kristi Noem, whose tenure was described as a "chaotic" regime, as Trump cycled through four homeland security secretaries during his first term.
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