300-plus Angel Families jump into Markwayne Mullin’s DHS nomination fight in unequivocal terms

The American Border Story (TABS), which works to give a platform for those who have lost loved ones as the result of crimes committed by individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States, wrote a letter to GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday, shortly before the Senate is expected vote to confirm Mullin.

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The group praised Mullin's background, "coupled with his direct engagement on border-related issues," and said that the families they represent "are not focused on politics."
"They are focused on ensuring that no other family has to endure the same tragedy," the letter concluded, adding that their consensus is Mullin understands "that responsibility" and "the seriousness" that the role DHS Secretary demands.

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Tapped by President Donald Trump for the role, Mullin still has one more vote to go, and likely won’t be confirmed until Monday evening at the earliest.

Should Mullin survive the final confirmation vote, he will replace DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who Trump fired following explosive hearings on the Hill and after the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti during immigration operations in Minnesota.

He would take the reins of an agency that is currently shut down, as Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have blocked DHS funding five times in their quest to get stringent reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Mullin has suggested he would be willing to put limits on some ICE activity, such as requiring a judicial warrant for the agency to go into houses, or places of business.

"Judicial warrants will be used to go into houses, into place of businesses, unless we're pursuing someone that enters in that place," Mullin said amid questions about his confirmation.

"I have not mixed words with that, and I haven't changed my opinion about that."