{"id":2652876,"date":"2026-09-01T08:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-markwayne-mullin-goes-dad-mode-on-reporter-who-tried-to-downplay-the-danger-of-illegal-alien-truckers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:19:29","slug":"watch-markwayne-mullin-goes-dad-mode-on-reporter-who-tried-to-downplay-the-danger-of-illegal-alien-truckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-markwayne-mullin-goes-dad-mode-on-reporter-who-tried-to-downplay-the-danger-of-illegal-alien-truckers\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Markwayne Mullin Goes Dad Mode on Reporter Who Tried to Downplay the Danger of Illegal Alien Truckers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-markwayne-mullin-goes-dad-mode-on-reporter-who-tried-to-downplay-the-danger-of-illegal-alien-truckers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2652876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin publicly emphasized that every death caused by illegal aliens is entirely preventable and pledged that DHS will pursue and remove those here illegally. during a press event in Detroit with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Mullin rejected the idea of treating certain wrecks as unavoidable, asserting that unauthorized drivers with criminal intent are responsible for preventable tragedies. The briefing highlighted efforts to crack down on illegal trucking operations, including shutting down dozens of driving schools and auditing third-party CDL testers, following incidents like a fatal crash involving an unlicensed driver.Mullin contrasted this stance with some media narratives, emphasizing that the primary concern is whether hazardous individuals-nonetheless of immigration status-are given access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-florida-official-asks-trump-to-deal-with-california-approving-dangerous-truckers\/\" title=\"Top Florida Official Asks Trump to Deal With California Approving Dangerous Truckers\">operating large commercial vehicles<\/a>. He underscored that the focus should remain on preventing deaths caused by those unlawfully present in the country, asserting that DHS will actively pursue illegal immigrants involved in such crimes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin did not accept the usual press conference dodge about illegal truckers.<\/p>\n<p>Standing with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in Detroit on Monday, he was asked, in effect, to treat a small percentage of wrecks as if that settled the argument.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single illegal that maims or kills an individual is 100 percent preventable,\u201d he said in a clip posted by DHS and amplified on his own account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every death at the hands of an illegal alien is 100% preventable.<\/p>\n<p>If you are here illegally, we will come after you and we will IMMEDIATELY remove you from this country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wE2bz6CZj\">https:\/\/t.co\/7wE2bz6CZj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecMullinDHS\/status\/2094455671437603229?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to prevent every one of them,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery death at the hands of an illegal is one too many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The briefing announced an emergency shutdown of 110 driving schools and action against 160 more, plus a nationwide audit of third-party CDL testers, according to the full press event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING: Sean Duffy, Markwayne Mullin Brief Press On New Trucking Fraud Crackdown\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBkFkRer46M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Duffy pointed to cases such as Dalilah Coleman, a five-year-old left with a catastrophic brain injury after a crash involving a driver who should never have had a commercial license.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Operation Highway Shield has already pulled hundreds of dangerous truckers off the road.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter still reached for the statistics. Foreign-born or illegal drivers, the implication went, are not most of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>That is the move left-wing media makes on almost every immigration crime story.<\/p>\n<p>No serious person claims illegal immigrants commit the majority of American homicides, wrecks, or assaults. Citizens are most of the population. The majority of crime will usually belong to people who belong here.<\/p>\n<p>That observation is not a revelation. It is a strawman.<\/p>\n<p>The real question is simpler: Should anyone die because a person with no right to be in the country was handed the keys to an 80,000-pound rig?<\/p>\n<p>Mullin put it in family terms. Would the reporter accept a \u201c1 percent\u201d chance that his own daughter gets hit?<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has already covered the human cost: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-alien-trucker-caused-deadly-8-car-crash-learns-fate-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an illegal trucker in a deadly eight-car crash<\/a>, a driver whose sentence was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-alien-trucker-facing-17-years-killing-3-freeway-crash-now-10-thanks-california-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut under California law<\/a> after killing three, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-lays-plan-combat-californias-lax-licensing-illegal-truckers-following-tragic-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida\u2019s fight<\/a> with California\u2019s licensing pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Texas told Gavin Newsom to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-announces-major-crackdown-dangerous-illegal-truckers-gavin-newsom-take-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take notes<\/a>. Trump has talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-plan-replace-illegal-alien-truckers-american-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">putting veterans in those seats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>None of that depends on illegal truckers being \u201cmost\u201d drivers.<\/p>\n<p>It depends on the fact that every one of those deaths was optional. The driver should not have been here. The license should not have been issued. The family should still be whole.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin said if you are here illegally, the Department of Homeland Security will come after you and remove you.<\/p>\n<p>That is not a talking point. 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