Overview
- Reporters said Thursday that Mullin ordered a nationwide pause on ICE vehicle stops after two fatal ICE-related shootings earlier this month and that President Trump publicly reversed the pause within 24 hours.
- Senior White House officials told NBC that they were upset Mullin did not clear the decision first and stressed that cabinet secretaries must bring major policy moves to the president.
- Officials also said Mullin 'misspoke' in a recent CNN interview about a Supreme Court ruling on protected status for people from Haiti and Syria, a lapse that annoyed some colleagues.
- Mullin has nominated Lance Schroyer to be ICE director and several senior officials, including border czar Tom Homan, privately question Schroyer’s federal immigration experience.
- The White House issued a public defense of Mullin and no replacement has been announced, but his operational choices and nominees are under heightened scrutiny and could shape upcoming confirmation hearings and enforcement practice.