WATCH: DHS Sec. Mullin Tells Far-Left Lawmaker She Should Be ‘Put In Her Place’ Over Immigration Remark

During a recent congressional hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was called to testify on immigration-related matters.

In response to complaints about the Trump administration’s policy from Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), he couldn’t contain his animosity.

The Hill reported on the fiery exchange:

During her line of questioning at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing, DeLauro told Mullin that “3,900 children were separated from their families.”

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Mullin interrupted, stating, “450,000 kids were lost during the Biden administration and you didn’t say a word about it.”

“Mr. Secretary, do not interrupt,” DeLauro replied, while gesturing toward the secretary. 

“Don’t you point your finger at me,” he responded. 

“I will point my finger at you,” DeLauro added. 

Mullin then accused the Connecticut lawmaker of being a “hypocrite.”

“You should be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost. You didn’t say a word about it. For four years you never said a word,” Mullin exclaimed. 

“Could you put him in his place first?” DeLauro asked Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), the chair of the subcommittee.

“You should be put in your place,” Mullin replied. 

The hearing highlight fueled some social media discussion:

We need people in the administration calling them out directly for their nonsense. Kudos to Mullin.

— Tab (@gravsi812) June 25, 2026

Without playing the sound and having no idea who is saying what, there's no way I would care what the crazy woman in purple hair is saying.

— John Marshall (@BreakingNewsMan) June 25, 2026

To Democrats, it’s as if the Biden administration never happened. But it did and we remember. All of it. pic.twitter.com/tSQJtN1Qo2

— John Bulkeley (@bulkeley_john) June 25, 2026

Here’s what the Washington Examiner added:

Order at the committee broke down when DeLauro, the ranking member of the full House Appropriations Committee, began criticizing Mullin’s Department of Homeland Security over the separation of illegal immigrant children from their families. Mullin began defending himself while DeLauro was still speaking, triggering a yelling match.

Mullin first interrupted when DeLauro was condemning the loss of immigrant children under DHS care, contrasting it to dry cleaning when a tag gets you your clothes back, to which the homeland security secretary countered, “I wish the Biden administration would have done that.”

And here’s a longer clip: