DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin Joins ICE in Virginia for Operation to Arrest Criminal Alien



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by Olivia Rondeau 15 May 2026

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in northern Virginia for a Friday morning operation that led to the arrest of a previously deported criminal illegal alien.

Mullin, who traded his role as the junior Republican senator from Oklahoma to lead DHS in March, announced that his officers “arrested a criminal illegal, removed multiple times from our country, whose rap sheet includes drug possession and driving under the influence.”

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This morning, I was on the ground with the men and women of @icegovlaw enforcement in Virginia. We arrested a criminal illegal, removed multiple times from our country, whose rap sheet includes drug possession and driving under the influence. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary

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In his social media announcement of the early-morning arrest, the secretary blamed Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) for making Virginia a “magnet for criminal illegal aliens” with her “sanctuary policies.”

“Roughly 50 percent of the murderers in Fairfax, Virginia — the perps are illegals. Shouldn’t even be in the country to begin with,” Mullin said in a video shot at the scene of the arrest:

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A NICE morning in Virginia.



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10:43 AM · May 15, 2026

You have, you know, politicians that want to protect the criminals,” he added. “President Trump is still protecting all of our neighborhoods.”

Later in the day, Mullin touted the fact that zero illegal aliens have been released at the U.S.-Mexico border, a stark contrast from the Biden administration.

Former President Joe Biden and then-DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released more than 68,000 illegal aliens who were apprehended at the border into the U.S. interior, Breitbart News reported.

“Under [President Trump’s] leadership, the days of catch and release are over,” the DHS secretary wrote on X:

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Twelve straight months of ZERO releases at the border.

Under @POTUS Trump’s leadership, the days of catch and release are over.

We are enforcing our nation’s laws and sending illegal aliens BACK to their home countries.



11:55 AM · May 15, 2026

“We are enforcing our nation’s laws and sending illegal aliens BACK to their home countries.”

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