08/11/2026
Who had Mullin not being MAGA enough on their bingo card?!?
Something is incredibly wrong when MAGA is calling out Mullin for not being hard lined vs immigrants and agriculture work visas... We need immigrant labor for our agriculture and wo them, our food production is at severe risk.
DC — Markwayne Mullin, serving as United States Secretary of Homeland Security, has hit a brick wall with those on the extreme right.
Mullin, at a National Governors Association Summer Meeting, told the group there is a need for more employment visas for the farm and agriculture workers, to grow the economy.
“Because this narrative that it steals American jobs is true in some industries, it's not true for all industries," Mullin said during a chat hosted by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Mullin went on to say "We want to take care of Americans first. It’s our economy, it’s our homeland, but there's a way to utilize labor where we're not having the participation rate we need to, and we can plug those holes."
In other words, Americans do not want to pick farms, but foreign workers do want those jobs.
Hiring Americans to do those jobs costs significantly more for farmers. Those costs are passed to the consumer. Hiring workers from other countries costs less, but the wages are far more than they receive at home.
They come for a limited period, live and work on the land and take those earnings home. Federal rules require farms to provide free housing during their guest laborer stay. Many make the amount they need to support their families annually in their time working here.
Nearly immediately, the far right began to chide and attack Mullin, who, in this particular instance, happens to be correct. It will boost our economy because it will bring relief to the high cost of groceries.
Greg Bovino said Mullin "delivered a masterclass in how to give terrible answers"
Fox News Tomi Lahren said it’s "not what we voted for."
Robby Starbuck called Mullin’s comments “a total betrayal.”
Laura Loomer called for Mullin’s firing, using the word “Muslim” as a slur for his name and then said “When we have another 9/11 or Americans are attacked with drones by Islamic communists, Markwayne Muslim is going to be to blame,” Loomer wrote.
Jack Posobiec said “there is a growing wave among MAGA to find a DHS secretary who puts deportations first.”
Steve Bannon said “the wrong guy at the wrong time for the wrong job — a time when we need focus on ‘mass deportations,’ we get an amnesty advocate.”
Mullin has attempted to explain the difference between those who enter the country illegally and those who are here to work, temporarily, and are approved through a migrant worker process.
He repeatedly stated he stands behind deportation for those entering in any way other than approved entry into the United States.
It appears to have fallen on deaf ears, as none of those mentioned above recanted or corrected their statements. Most doubled down and called for his removal.
