The Senate is poised to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the new Secretary of Homeland Security, signalling a long-overdue return to the rule of law at our nation's frontiers. Mullin, an Oklahoma senator with a reputation for plain speaking and firm conviction, replaces Kristi Noem at a moment of unprecedented crisis. His first task will be to restore routine funding to a department that has been held hostage by partisan bickering while the border remains a sieve for illegal entry and social disorder.

Critics label the administration's agenda as a 'mass deportation machine,' but for the middle-class families of this country, it is simply the restoration of national sovereignty. Without a border, there is no nation; without the enforcement of law, there is no justice. Mullin has emerged as a staunch defender of the President's vision, promising to target violent illegal immigrants for removal and to end the era of 'catch and release' that has demoralised our law enforcement officers. We expect Secretary Mullin to act with the quiet manliness that the office demands—not with a desire for headlines, but with a commitment to the safety of every American home. The sovereignty of the family depends on the sovereignty of the nation, and that begins with a border that is respected by the world.