WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to head the Department of Homeland Security.
"The Trump administration has sent ICE thugs into our communities to terrorize innocent immigrants, raid homes without judicial warrants, separate families, and target protestors," said Senator Markey. "At his confirmation hearing to become DHS Secretary, Senator Mullin refused to retract earlier comments he made justifying Renee Good's murder at the hands of ICE officers. He refused to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. He deflected when asked if he would send ICE off...