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Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated deportations will persist after the 2026 midterm elections.

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What this story says

  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said deportations will continue after the 2026 midterm elections.
  • The White House reported over 605,000 deportations under the second Trump administration and 1.9 million self-deported migrants.
  • Exit polls from the 2026 midterms showed immigration enforcement retained support among some voters despite Republican losses.
  • The economy was the most important issue for 39% of voters in the 2026 midterm elections.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 29%(2)Right 71%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 11 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

70/100

Craft

62/100

Hype

15/100

11 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has stated that deportations will continue after the 2026 midterm elections. The White House reported that more than 605,000 deportations of migrants occurred under the second Trump administration, with an additional 1.9 million migrants self-deporting. Exit polls from the 2026 midterm elections indicated that immigration enforcement, including aspects of the Trump administration's deportation policies, retained support among subsets of voters, even as Republicans lost control of Congress. The economy was identified as the most important issue for 39 percent of voters in those elections.

Disagreement on election outcome

The Post Millennial reported that immigration enforcement was not a reason for Republican losses in the midterms. In contrast, Clarin stated that Republicans lost support in conservative areas, with the economy and democracy being more significant concerns for voters than immigration.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mention the White House figures of more than 605,000 deportations under the second Trump administration and 1.9 million self-deported migrants, which were reported by Just the News.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 5 Nov 2026, 03:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports led with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's statement that deportations will continue following the 2026 midterm elections. Both Hola News and The Hill reported Mullin's assertion that deportations would persist after Democratic wins in the midterms. Hola News also noted the timing of Mullin's statement, which came a day after the Republican Party's significant electoral defeat.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on the continued support for immigration enforcement policies despite Republican losses in the 2026 midterm elections. The Post Millennial's digest stated that immigration enforcement was not a reason for the Republican defeat. TrendingPolitics and News Addicts highlighted that exit polls showed immigration enforcement retained support among voter subsets, even as Republicans lost control of Congress. Just the News reported the White House figures on deportations and self-deportations under the second Trump administration. Clarin noted that while Republicans lost support, the economy and democracy were more significant concerns for voters than immigration.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections?
Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 11. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections biased?
Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections is one event reported by 11 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Mullin: Deportations to continue post-2026 elections?
11 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say about deportations?
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that deportations will continue after the 2026 midterm elections. He indicated that these actions would persist without pause, even on public holidays and election days.
What figures did the White House report regarding deportations?
The White House reported that more than 605,000 deportations of migrants occurred under the second Trump administration. Additionally, 1.9 million migrants reportedly self-deported during that period.
Did immigration enforcement remain popular after the 2026 midterms?
Yes, exit polls from the 2026 midterm elections indicated that immigration enforcement retained support among subsets of voters, despite Republican losses in Congress. The economy was the most important issue for 39% of voters.

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Left

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Centre

2

Right

5

Not rated

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