Mullin takes DHS helm as 100,000 employees remain unpaid
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
Mainstream coverage treats the unpaid DHS workforce like a management hiccup, and frames Mullin’s arrival as a personality story. That misses the deeper problem: a department tasked with securing the homeland is being run on IOUs, while Washington debates optics. Conservatives should be clear-eyed about what this does to **public trust** and **national security**.
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Mainstream coverage treats the unpaid DHS workforce like a management hiccup, and frames Mullin’s arrival as a personality story. That misses the deeper problem: a department tasked with securing the homeland is being run on IOUs, while Washington debates optics.
Conservatives should be clear-eyed about what this does to public trust and national security. When 100,000 people go unpaid, morale collapses, attrition rises, and the best talent leaves for private jobs. It also invites corner-cutting and corruption in an agency that cannot afford either.
If Mullin wants credibility, the first test is boring but essential: pay people on time, restore operational readiness, and enforce rule of law at the border and inside the department. Reforms that ignore the basics are not reforms.
A stable DHS is not a talking point. It is institutional stability that keeps the country safe.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.