Michelle Hackman @MHackman

Covering immigration and DHS for the @WSJ. forgetful tweeter. Please Get in touch directly: [email protected] or MHackman.59 on signal wsj.com/news/author/80… Washington, DC Joined August 2008

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Liz Essley Whyte @l_e_whyte

2 months ago

"Mullin has told associates that, ahead of November, his primary marching orders are to lower his agency’s profile and avoid bad press so the issue of immigration recedes in the public consciousness" wsj.com/politics/polic…

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Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1

2 months ago

The new DHS boss is trying to clean house — and make big changes at DHS, with an eye toward lowering the profile of the agency. Our latest with a free link: wsj.com/politics/polic…

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Marianne LeVine @marianne_levine

2 months ago

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has launched a probe into the $38 billion warehouse-to-detention program championed by former Secretary Kristi Noem from @tparti @MHackman @shaneshifflett wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ

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Weijia Jiang @weijia

2 months ago

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.

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Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen

2 months ago

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has continued using a waterfront house on a military base in Washington, D.C., that she took over as a cabinet member @marianne_levine @tparti @MHackman wsj.com/politics/natio…

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Dave Brown @dave_brown24

3 months ago

Trump may have ousted Kristi Noem from DHS, but his administration is hanging onto the controversial $70 million jet she leased during her tenure. The administration plans to use the plane, which is nicer than most other government jets, for travel by select Cabinet secretaries. First lady Melania Trump’s office would also have access to the jet wsj.com/politics/polic… @MHackman @jdawsey1

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Nick Miroff @NickMiroff

3 months ago

Just before Kristi Noem left DHS last month her team massively overpaid for an empty Salt Lake City warehouse it plans to convert into an ICE detention center. "Crazy," one broker told me. The deal--and 10 other recent warehouse purchases--are now under investigation.

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Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_

3 months ago

NEW: In interview w/ colleague @BretBaier, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin floats the idea of stripping CBP/customs officers from airports in large sanctuary cities as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with the federal government. International travelers wouldn’t be able to fly into airports and leave without going through customs. Mullin points out that Democrats are also refusing to fund CBP. “It’s something we’re looking at,” Mullin said.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff

3 months ago

Inspector general probing network of aides at Noem’s DHS. One FEMA contractor was allegedly getting $19K a week—~1M a year. (Don’t confuse this gift @WSJ article about possible corruption at DHS from one last week about possible corruption at DOJ.) 1/2 wsj.com/politics/natio…

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney

3 months ago

Mullin claimed that the House sent him on a classified trip that only four people knew about. When Paul and Peters pressed him on which agency classified it, it led to this exchange: MULLIN: It wasn’t an agency. It was done here, well, in the House at the time. PETERS: The House classified it? MULLIN: I’m assuming. Except the House doesn't have that power. All classification authority flows from the president/executive.

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Hannah Brandt @HannahBrandt_TV

3 months ago

Sen. Rand Paul tells us he’s a no vote on Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation to lead DHS. The two have personal drama after Mullin called Paul a snake in the aftermath of a 2017 attack. Here’s what he had to say about his vote:

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Elizabeth Findell @efindell

4 months ago

... But is the physical space the problem? Or is the rapid expansion of detention space, overseen by inexperienced contractors, a "recipe for failure?" A look at how Camp East Montana unraveled wsj.com/us-news/how-ic… w/ @MHackman

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Michelle Hackman @MHackman

4 months ago

Oh thank God, I am really ahead of the curve on this trend

Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos

4 months ago

Typomaxxing is the new meta. You've got to be making grammatical errors, random extra spaces, at least 1 "teh" per email or else people will think you're an AI-using workslop slinger and ignore you

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Audrey Fahlberg @AudreyFahlberg

4 months ago

SCOOP: Discussions are underway inside DHS about reevaluating plans to buy a Boeing 737 MAX luxury jet that had been used by Kristi Noem prior to her ouster as DHS secretary, @NRO nationalreview.com/news/exclusive…

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Michelle Hackman @MHackman

4 months ago

@jdawsey1 @tparti It's a great day to revisit our big story about Kristi Noem and her advisor Corey Lewandowski. Yes there was the missing blanket. But also so much more! Free link: wsj.com/politics/polic…

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Michelle Hackman @MHackman

4 months ago

And here is the announcement. Kristi Noem is out at DHS on March 31, Sen. Mullin of Oklahoma is the president's pick to replace her

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4 months ago

( @realDonaldTrump - Truth Social Post ) ( Donald J. Trump - Mar 05 2026, 1:41 PM ET ) I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS),

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Michelle Hackman @MHackman

4 months ago

NEW w/@jdawsey1 and @tparti: Trump is preparing to fire Kristi Noem as DHS sec. Final straw was her testimony that he signed off on her $200 million "self deportation" ad campaign. Free link: wsj.com/politics/polic…

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Michelle Hackman @MHackman

4 months ago

Noem mouths "appreciated" Wen gifted a new Coast Guard blanket by Rep. Moskowitz

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

4 months ago

MOSKOWITZ: I want to give you a chance to answer on the record Rep. Kamlager-Dove's question about sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski NOEM: The tabloids you are quoting are insane MOSKOWITZ: So it's a no? NOEM: You say conservative women are stupid or sluts. I am neither.