ICE Barbie’s Successor Admits Insane Risk of Her Pet Project

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his predecessor’s flagship “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site is at major risk of natural disasters—but it will be used in case immigration authorities need “to flex.”

Mullin, 48, who replaced Kristi Noem, 54, in March, said the tent-based Everglades facility championed by his predecessor is https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-markwayne-mullin-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center-plans/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-markwayne-mullin-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center-plans/">dangerously exposed to wildfires and hurricanes—yet he insisted the camp will not be permanently shut.

“We have fires that are within 20 miles of it,” Mullin told CBS News in an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nGa6dlN_s" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nGa6dlN_s">exclusive extended interview. “Florida is pretty susceptible to hurricanes.”

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