DHS Shot 21 People During 2nd Trump Term

Kit Johnson

24 Sep 2026 — 1 min read

ABC News has done the math: 21 people have been shot by immigration enforcement agents during the second administration of DJT. Eight of those incidents were fatal.

The reporting includes an image of a man sitting upright while a police officer inspects a bullet wound in his back. It's shocking.

Meanwhile, Secretary of DHS Markwayne Mullin (an Okie, I must admit), writes:

Illegal aliens are NOT WELCOME in our nation.

Last week, the brave men and women of @ICEgov made our country safer by DEPORTING illegal alien gang members — including kidnappers, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and burglars.

We will never apologize for deporting illegal…
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) September 2, 2026

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