Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are, “The best of the best, going after the worst of the worst” during a stop at a Rapid City Department of Homeland Security office with Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
“You think of a state like South Dakota, it's kind of removed from the borders, more rural, geographically dispersed … but we have, we got a lot of issues here too and these guys are getting after it every day trying to make our streets safer," Senate Majority Leader John Thune said at a Department of Homeland Security building in Rapid City on Thursday, June 25.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, left, discusses immigration enforcement work in the region during a stop in Rapid City with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Supreme Court decision on Temporary Protected Status
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Thursday he had not spoken yet to President Donald Trump about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that paves the way for the Trump Administration to eliminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
Reuters reported the justices voted 6-3 to overturn decisions by federal judges in New York and Washington, D.C. that had halted the administration's actions terminating TPS for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.
Asked if the admininstration will move forward with revoking the status, Mullin said it’ll be Trump’s decision and the two will discuss the matter. Mullin said Trump’s day was largely focused on Venezuela, which endured back-to-back earthquakes on Thursday. Per Reuters, Venezuelan officials reported on the evening of June 25 that at least 235 people had been confirmed dead and at least 4,300 people were injured.
“You think of a state like South Dakota, it's kind of removed from the borders, more rural, geographically dispersed … but we have, we got a lot of issues here too and these guys are getting after it every day trying to make our streets safer," Senate Majority Leader John Thune said at a Department of Homeland Security building in Rapid City on Thursday, June 25.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, left, discusses immigration enforcement work in the region during a stop in Rapid City with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
