Jul 15, 2026 · 28 min · 13 segments
The killings of two individuals in Houston and Maine in the span of a week are once again putting the tactics of federal immigration agents in the spotlight. In response, ICE is pausing most traffic…
Josh CampbellGuest
David RindHostThe hearing to consider the nomination of Mark Wayne Mullen to be Secretary of Department of Homeland Security will come to order.
When Mark Wayne Mullen was going through his confirmation process earlier this year, he promised two main things.
The president has made it very clear, he wants to protect the streets for every American.
He wants to restore law and order to every city.
He said nothing would stand in the way of carrying out President Donald Trump's mission of removing as many undocumented immigrants from the country as possible.
Two, Mullen said that his department would carry out that mission differently than his predecessor, Kristi Noem.
My management style is empowering people, um, and-
Images of masked agents yanking people out of cars and shoving them into unmarked vans would be a thing of the past.
My goal in 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, and we're working with them.
Remember, this was not long after federal agents had shot and killed two US citizens in Minneapolis.
The New York Times reported that over a five-day period at the end of June, federal authorities detained more than 10,000 immigrants.
The hearing to consider the nomination of Mark Wayne Mullen to be Secretary of Department of Homeland Security will come to order.
When Mark Wayne Mullen was going through his confirmation process earlier this year, he promised two main things.
The president has made it very clear, he wants to protect the streets for every American.
He wants to restore law and order to every city.
He said nothing would stand in the way of carrying out President Donald Trump's mission of removing as many undocumented immigrants from the country as possible.
Two, Mullen said that his department would carry out that mission differently than his predecessor, Kristi Noem.
My management style is empowering people, um, and-
Images of masked agents yanking people out of cars and shoving them into unmarked vans would be a thing of the past.
My goal in 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, and we're working with them.
Remember, this was not long after federal agents had shot and killed two US citizens in Minneapolis.
The New York Times reported that over a five-day period at the end of June, federal authorities detained more than 10,000 immigrants.
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