Mullin's latest idea is to stop processing international arrivals at airports in sanctuary cities.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin found common ground on Saturday after the governor deployed state police to maintain order outside a Newark immigration detention center that has been the site of escalating protests. Sherrill said the New Jersey police officers have responded to protests taking…
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Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin notched a big win on Friday evening when New Jersey's Democratic governor used local police to corral the angry progressives blockading Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Delaney Hall detention center in Newark. The post DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin Wins Battle for ICE’s Delaney Hall with State Police Clearing Out Protesters appeared first on Breitbart.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed victory after New Jersey’s governor ordered state police to manage the chaotic demonstrations blockading Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Delaney Hall detention center in Newark.
A private detention center in New Jersey has again become a major flashpoint in the fight over the Trump administration's immigration policies.Why it matters: It's the first major clash under Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's leadership. Protesters have been arrested outside the facility while detainees reportedly take part in a hunger strike over claims of inhumane living conditions and inadequate medical care. The 1,000-bed Delaney Hall Facility reopened in Newark, New Jersey, last year. Since then, it's been the scene of high-profile protests, arrests and escapes.Democratic lawmakers and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) have called for the detention center to be shut down.The latest: Sherrill announced Friday the formation of a protected protest zone outside of the facility.Sherrill also said she'd take "every action available" to facilitate a full inspection of the facility by the New Jersey Department of Health, which she said had its access restricted.A department spokesperson confirmed to Axios that inspectors were only allowed to conduct a food service inspection.The other side: Mullin has argued the backlash has "nothing to do with the conditions at the facility," which DHS says include three meals a day, clean water, clothing and other resources.DHS has contended there is no hunger strike. Mullin said during a Wednesday meeting of Trump's Cabinet that the "handful of individuals" refused to eat because they wanted their "ethnic right food."Mullin added, "They can go back to their country and get whatever food they want."DHS did not respond to Axios' request for additional comment. State of play: But Nedia Morsy, the director of Make the Road New Jersey, tells Axios that the hunger strike is a coordinated effort among 300 detained community members seeking release."ICE lies and manipulates and threatens and continues to feel that they have the permission to do so because ... Mullin enables it and encourages it," she argues.Ami Kachalia, a senior policy strategist with the ACLU of New Jersey, tells Axios there has been "brutality in the conditions, and there's been brutality in the response."Friction point: Former Secretary Kristi Noem's ouster followed months of backlash against her handling of the nation's immigration crackdown, especially after two U.S. citizens were killed at the hands of federal agents in Minnesota.Trump swiftly tapped Mullin, then a U.S. senator from Oklahoma, to replace her. He's now been in the job for around two months, navigating a department rocked by funding debates and a backlog of contracts.Context: Delaney Hall was the first center to open under the second Trump administration and quickly became central to the nation's immigration debate.The GEO Group, which owns the facility, was awarded a 15-year contract by ICE to provide "support services" at Delaney Hall. It estimated the contract value at around $1 billion.The facility has also seen conflict involving elected officials: Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said he was hit with pepper ball spray at the facility and Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was charged by the DOJ over a scuffle outside of the facility last year. She has denied wrongdoing. Zoom out: Not only does the outcry represent a pivotal moment in Mullin's tenure, but it is also reminiscent of similar scenes at immigration facilities across the country. Near Chicago, clergy were at the front lines, pushing for access to the Broadview immigration facility. And in snowy Minnesota earlier this year, dozens of protesters were arrested outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as deadly unrest rocked the state.Axios' Brittany Gibson contributed reporting.Go deeper: The contracting mess Noem's leaving behind at DHS
President Donald Trump's newly-minted secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, has made explosive headlines with his repeated threats on cable news to pull back Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents — a move that would sharply reduce or eliminate the ability of major airports like New York-JFK, LAX, Philadelphia, Boston, and Minneapolis to process international flights.But it turns out he may have been the only one in the administration pushing for this policy, going rogue without the approval of the White House and other officials.According to CNN's Alayna Treene, while Mullin has been "obsessed" with this plan ever since he took office, there has been no formal approval for the idea from the White House, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has openly repudiated it, saying at a congressional hearing this month, “We shouldn’t shut down air travel in a state that doesn’t agree with our politics.”Meanwhile, a White House official said of the issue, “The President loves having a team that is constantly coming up with new ideas but ultimately any policy decisions will be up to him.”While Mullin and some Fox News personalities have suggested international flights could simply be rerouted to airports in red states, experts broadly agree that shutting down international traffic at major gateway airports, even for a brief period, would throw the entire air traffic system, including in red states, into chaos and cause massive economic devastation.The airline industry itself has warned the plan would be catastrophic, with the lobbying group Airlines for America stating, “Reducing [Customs and Border Protection] staffing at major airports would have a devastating effect on the airline and tourism industries, causing a significant operational disruption to carriers, travelers and the flow of international cargo.”
Anti-ICE demonstrations escalated at Newark's Delaney Hall detention center Thursday as agents deployed pepper spray and pushed back crowds of agitators.