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Markwayne Mullin: “The last time that Senate confirmed ICE director was like…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Extended interview: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on ICE at the World Cup, hantavirus and more

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

We're still actively looking for a permanent position for the director. I don't, I think I have to go back and double check this, but I think I'm pretty accurate on this. The last time that Senate confirmed ICE director was like 2015, 2016, President Obama, I think. And we want to put somebody there that's permanent. David is great. David's going to be a good placeholder. But he'll be our deputy once we find someone to take the director's position. (04:29–04:36)

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Asserts that the last Senate-confirmed ICE director was during the Obama administration, around 2015-2016.

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