Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin breaks down agency's election day plans
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[0:00] Millions of Americans have already cast
[0:02] their ballots and millions more are
[0:04] going to the polls today. This comes as
[0:06] President Trump has repeatedly raised
[0:08] concerns about noncitizen voting despite
[0:12] evidence suggesting that non-citizen
[0:14] voting is rare. The Department of
[0:16] Homeland Security says it has no plans
[0:18] to send ICE immigration enforcement
[0:20] agents to patrol polling locations. Mark
[0:23] Wayne Mullen is the United States
[0:25] Secretary of Homeland Security and he
[0:26] joins us live now from outside the White
[0:28] House. Secretary Mullen, thank you so
[0:30] much for being with us. What role is the
[0:32] Department of Homeland Security playing
[0:34] in elections today?
[0:37] >> Well, we enforce our federal election
[0:39] laws, and that's what we're going to do.
[0:40] And by the way, no one should be worried
[0:42] about us being at polling places because
[0:44] the only people that should be voting
[0:45] are American citizens and those legally
[0:47] able to vote. Uh the only reason why we
[0:49] would be anywhere if it was a if it was
[0:51] a a threat. Now, we are Department of
[0:53] Homeland Security. ICE is just one of
[0:55] our 21 component or 22 components and uh
[0:58] and and so we are in charge of
[0:59] protecting the homeland. At the same
[1:01] time um our immigration custom
[1:04] enforcement has there would be no reason
[1:07] for us to be at a polling place because
[1:09] as I said only American citizens should
[1:11] be picking our leaders.
[1:12] >> And you said the circumstance would be
[1:14] if there was some kind of threat. What
[1:15] k