Markwayne Mullin reaffirms Haitian deportation stance after apparent backtrack

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin clarified the Trump administration’s stance on deporting Haitian immigrants no longer protected by the Temporary Protected Status program on Sunday night after a statement he made on CNN’s State of the Union suggested they could stay in the United States.

While speaking with Jake Tapper on Sunday morning, Mullin defended the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the secretary’s choice to end a particular country’s TPS cannot be legally challenged.

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