WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Senator Markwayne Mullin to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
"New Mexicans deserve steady, responsible leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, especially at a time when the agency is facing a serious crisis of accountability. Under the Trump administration, DHS has operated with incompetent leadership and zero oversight. Trump's out-of-control ICE and CBP agents have killed two American citizens, bashed in windows with children in the car, gone into American citizens' homes without warrants, and continue to ...