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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has sparked controversy after remarks suggesting that the U.S. government maintains extensive databases containing information on American citizens. According to his statement, data related to health, finances, and movement may already be collected and stored in existing systems.

When questioned, Mullin responded that “that’s already out there,” implying that such data collection is not new or unusual. The comments have triggered fresh debate over privacy, surveillance, and government data practices in the United States.

Supporters argue this refers to existing public and administrative databases used for governance and security, while critics raise concerns about the scale and integration of personal data collection.

This report breaks down the statement, reactions, and what it could mean for digital privacy and surveillance discussions moving forward.

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00:00Taking pictures of a situation, that's the First Amendment right.
00:04To impede a federal officer from doing their job?
00:06No, if you impede, you take them in, but if they're driving by.
00:08To assault my officers?
00:08One final question, my ninth second, sir.
00:11Make an accusation that aren't approved.
00:12Are you keeping a database of American citizens?
00:16Are we keeping a database of American citizens?
00:19Yes, sir. A lot of your ICE agents out there have said we are keeping a database of, no.
00:24Then how do you get a passport if you don't have a database of American citizens?
00:27How can you keep a database of American citizens, sir? Why?
00:31President Trump got elected, promised to deport the worst of the worst.
00:37I'm from California, a sanctuary state, from Orange County, who follows the laws of a sanctuary state.
00:47So picture here, we do have a lot of exceptions, meaning we do call ICE when we have the worst
00:53of
00:53the worst. We call you and we're about to release them. I'm going to show you also statistics from
00:59Sheriff Don Barnes, who Mr. Troy Edgar knows very well. In 2025, we called ICE 323 times, 52 times,
01:11didn't show up to pick up the worst of the worst. I showed these statistics through your predecessor,
01:17and today you're doing better. Only six were not picked up. But that's six, the worst of the worst,
01:24that you still haven't picked up. Manpower, it's an issue, yeah. But right now you're focusing on 70%
01:31of the people you're picking up don't have a criminal record. So I'd advise you, let those folks that are
01:39actually working and paying taxes continue to work and focus on the worst of the worst.
01:46If you want to help me, Mr. Secretary, keep Main Street safe, I'm going to ask you to do me
01:51a favor.
01:52I need your help. DACA recipients. Those folks that are brought here to this country,
01:59little boys, little girls, I have two of them that are police officers.
02:06Their DACA permits expired. They had to be dismissed by local police agencies.
02:13I wrote you this letter, sir, asking me to please help me renew those DACA permits. I think you're
02:20working on one, but there's a whole lot more folks out there that need to have the DACA renewals
02:26renewed in a timely basis. Can I ask you to please help me with that? I wrote you this letter.
02:32Can we
02:32work on this? Absolutely. We'd love to help with this. But as you know, Congressman, the fastest way to
02:39actually fix this DACA issue is for Congress to actually pass legislation to fix it.
02:43With all the respect, sir, you cut USCIS. This is a fee-based program.
02:49All you have to do is the fees that are paid go to DACA renewals. Let's work on that.
02:55I'll work with you on it, but it has to be on the case.
02:57And even the President Trump, I believe, supports this. So let's work on this.
03:00Congressman, I will work on it, but I will still go back. The fastest way to fix
03:04this problem is for Congress to pass something on this. How long have you been in Congress and
03:10how long have I been? I was in Congress. This is an issue the last time we did immigration reform,
03:15Ronald Reagan was president. But DACA, we can do this like overnight. Help me get these renewals of
03:23these permits. If I can move to the next issue, sir, it's very important. Congressman, you said something that's not
03:28accurate. I cannot fix this unilaterally by myself. I have limitations. Just help me renew these permits
03:35on a timely basis. We are going through those permits just like we look at every other visa
03:41application. There's a lot of... These are police officers on Main Street, sir.
03:46Not all of them are. Help me keep Main Street. Not all of them are. These two are, sir.
03:51There's a whole lot more, sir. That's what I'm saying. The case by case one's fine. We can go through
03:54it.
03:54As a whole, I'm not going to wave a magic wand and just fix them all because we're...
03:58You have that magic wand. That's your job, sir. The vote is Congress and they can fix this issue
04:02by legislation and you guys can choose what you want me to enforce in that. You're asking me to do
04:07a job that Congress isn't willing to do. Let me talk about American citizens, sir. I'm going to ask
04:11you the same question I asked your predecessor. Am I going to have to tell my children at home to
04:17carry
04:17an American passport with them when they're out in the street? Congressman, I'm from Indian
04:24country. I'm from Indian country and we got a lot of brown people around there too. I'm cherishing...
04:28No, no, no. I'm not talking about... We're not doing that. No, but it is. It's the same thing that
04:31you're saying that.
04:31Rene Good and Alex Petty, we're not brown. Oh my goodness. Okay? We have American citizens being
04:37arrested right now by ICE, American citizens that are actually being deported, American citizens getting
04:43roughed up. I see this every day, sir. Look, your officers have a badge, they have a gun, and they
04:50have federal
04:51power, sir. Yeah. They have to respect Americans. Forget about undocumented. Let's talk American
04:58citizens. Let's talk about that. What can we do to protect the rights of American citizens? How can
05:03we protect... We can protect the rights of American citizens all day long. They don't have the right
05:07to assault my officers. They are not... If you're driving by taking pictures of a situation,
05:12that's their First Amendment right. To impede a federal officer from doing their job? No. If you impede,
05:17you take them in, but if they're driving by... To assault my officers... One final question,
05:20my nine seconds, sir. Make an accusation that aren't true.
05:22Are you keeping a database of American citizens?
05:27Are we keeping a database of American citizens? Yes, sir. A lot of your ICE agents out there have
05:31said we are keeping a database of... Well, sir, that's already out there. No.
05:35Then how do you get a passport if you don't have a database of American citizens? How can you keep
05:38a database of American citizens, sir? Why?
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