DeLauro, Mullin Derail DHS Hearing in Clash Over 3,900 Separated Children
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 25
DeLauro, Mullin Derail DHS Hearing in Clash Over 3,900 Separated Children
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 25
Summary
A House DHS oversight hearing broke down Thursday when Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Secretary Markwayne Mullin traded shouts over border policy, forcing Chairman Mark Amodei to gavel for order.
The flashpoint was DeLauro's attack on Trump-era family separations affecting 3,900 children; Mullin interrupted to counter that 450,000 children were "lost" under the Biden administration.
The exchange escalated into finger-pointing and accusations of hypocrisy and lying, with DeLauro demanding the chairman "put him in his place" and Mullin replying that she should be.
The confrontation came the same day the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two immigration wins, including allowing turnbacks of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border and ending TPS protections for about 356,100 Haitians and Syrians.