New DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin’s Push for “Quieter” Immigration Enforcement Alarms MAGA Base

Newly installed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is publicly pushing to restore confidence in DHS following a string of fatal shootings by federal immigration agents, signaling a quieter approach to enforcement after the ouster of his predecessor Kristi Noem. Pro-deportation groups, including the Mass Deportation Coalition, have framed the shift as a potential betrayal of the Trump administration’s mass-deportation promise. The pivot follows reporting that some Trump-administration warehouse detention projects have been scaled back or postponed as Mullin reviews actions taken under Noem.