US Senate Confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of Homeland Security

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Investing.com – The Senate confirmed Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as the next Secretary of Homeland Security on Monday, making him responsible for immigration enforcement. This is one of the most important priorities during Donald Trump’s second term.

Mullin was confirmed with a vote of 54 to 45. He will become the second Secretary to lead the department under Trump, succeeding Kristi Noem.

He took office during a department shutdown, which left more than 100,000 of the department’s over 250,000 employees working without pay.

At the confirmation hearing, Mullin urged senators to quickly fund the Department of Homeland Security and expressed his desire to take on the responsibility of leading the agency.

Democrats refused to vote for the funding bill, and after Republicans declined to meet their demands to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security was forced to shut down. Previously, there were two high-profile murders caused by immigration enforcement officers.

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