Noem’s replacement draws outrage over ‘racist’ remark that the U.S. should have the ‘right kind of immigrants’

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsNoem’s replacement draws outrage over ‘racist’ remark that the U.S. should have the ‘right kind of immigrants’Department of Homeland Security said Markwayne Mullin was referring to ‘legal’ immigrants when talking about ‘the right kind of immigrants’Ariana Baio Thursday 16 April 2026 22:00 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2959336","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/markwayne-mullin-immigrants-dhs-b2959336.html","title":"Mullin draws anger over ‘racist’ claim that US wants the ‘right kind of immigrants’"}}CloseHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin repeats claims the US wants 'the right kind of immigrants'Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews...