How immigration courts are quietly speeding up deportations
5/28/202621 min
After about two months on the job, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has shifted the agency’s immigration enforcement efforts toward tactics that generate fewer headlines but still result in mass deportations. We discuss what those tactics look like and how the Trump administration is using immigration to appeal to Republicans ahead of November’s election.
This episode: political correspondent Tamara Keith, immigration policy correspondent Ximena Bustillo, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.
This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.
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Tamara Keith· Host0:16
[upbeat music] Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith, I cover politics.
Jimena Bustillo· Panelist0:25
I'm Jimena Bustillo, and I cover immigration policy.
Franco Ordoñez· Panelist0:27
And I'm Franco Ordoñez, I cover the White House.
Tamara Keith· Host0:30
Today on the show, Mark Wayne Mullen took over as Secretary of Homeland Security about two months ago. We're gonna take a look at how he's making his mark on immigration enforcement. And Jimena, I wanna start with you. What changes have you seen since Mullen came on the job?
Jimena Bustillo· Panelist0:46
Mullen's goal was to take DHS out of the headlines. That is what he said during his confirmation hearing. He didn't want, uh, essentially the big press about immigration tactics and the use of force that was being used, um, particularly in cities like Minneapolis, that ultimately did lead to the death of two US citizens there. Um, he wanted to, you know, come into the agency, get an understanding of everything that he's working with and dealing with, and then kinda see how to move forward on the Trump mass deportation campaign.
Franco Ordoñez· Panelist1:22
Yeah, I think it's kinda like a, you know, kind of a pulling away from the dramatic spectacle raids that we saw in, in Minneapolis