While TSA do NOT get paid, slow down screening and lose workers causing g long lines at airports …
And?
ICE people DO get paid?
The back and forth in Congress continues…..
Democrats ARE holding ranks….
Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown.
The counterproposal, outlined in a letter by border czar Tom Homan and James Braid, the White House legislative affairs director, is the most detailed public offer to date, as negotiators from both parties have largely been mum on the specifics of prior proposals. It comes several weeks after the previous offer.
In the letter, the White House agreed it would expand the use of body-worn cameras and limit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations around “sensitive locations,” such as schools and hospitals. The administration also said it would increase oversight of DHS detention facilities, enforce “the use of visible officer identification” during operations and require officers to identify themselves and their agency when requested.
But Democrats quickly dismissed the offer, saying it fails to meet several of their key demands, including a comprehensive ban on masks and face coverings for immigration officers and a requirement to obtain a judicial warrant before entering private property.
“From what I know of it, it seems wholly inadequate,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). “It fails to provide the kinds of reforms the American people are demanding.”…
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The possible in coming Homeland Head is trying sell lawmakers on his approach to immigration enforcement….
It IS the view of this dog that control over Stephen Miller SHOULD be the issue….The Wash Post reports that Mullin has NOT backed away from Miller’s Mass Deportations, but wants those with less media attention....
(I see Miller did NOT come up in the questioning?)
Trump get’s the last word on Miller’s influence…NOT Mullin or Homan…
Discontinued ‘body counts’ and US Citizens getting arrested and put in ICE detention warehouse’s is part of Democrats points…..
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, stressed Wednesday to his colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security Committee that he’ll be a different type of leader of the embattled department.
Amid a flurry of pointed questions and critiques of his views and past statements from both sides of the aisle, the Oklahoma Republican stressed at his confirmation hearing that he planned to make changes at the department, including requiring immigration officers to have court-ordered warrants to enter homes.
Mullin was careful not to directly criticize Noem, but said he would work “every single day to not just secure our homeland, but bring peace of mind and confidence to the agency.” He added: “My goal at six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day. My goal is for people to understand we’re out there. We’re protecting them.”
Noem had become a lightning rod figure for the Trump administration in recent months, accused of prioritizing optics and inflammatory messaging as she implemented a sweeping crackdown on unauthorized immigration. Trump reassigned her to a job focused on security in the Western Hemisphere earlier this month, after she claimed the president approved an expensive advertising campaign critics said served to boost her profile.
Mullin is widely expected to be confirmed, but going into the hearing, both Republicans and Democrats were looking for assurances that he would provide a steadier type of leadership to DHS. Public confidence in the department is at record lows in the wake of a sweeping immigration crackdown which voters have said in polls has gone too far. The department has also been under a shutdown for more than four weeks amid an impasse between Senate Democrats and the White House over potential changes to how the agency enforces immigration laws.
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