WATCH: Rep. Ramirez says Mullin is ‘inflicting cruelty and pain’ as Homeland…

Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., showed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin a video of 18-year-old U.S. citizen Kevin Gonzalez reuniting with his family a day before dying of colon cancer.

Ramirez’s parents crossed the border illegally from Mexico to see Gonzalez before his death. They were apprehended and remained in immigration detention for a month until a judge granted their release to see their son.

Ramirez asked Mullin and her colleagues whether they would “go at any length to be able to see your dying child one last time?”

The Illinois lawmaker said Mullin is “operating as a secretary inflicting cruelty and pain.”

Ramirez said Americans will “not forget the terror” of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and what the Department of Homeland Security continues to do under Mullin’s watch.

“We know that a better world is possible. We need something new, and that means I will say it loudly so that you could go ahead and quote if you need to: We need to abolish ICE and we need to dismantle DHS.”

Funding for immigration enforcement under Mullin’s department has been lately held up by Republican senators who opposed a Trump administration “anti-weaponization fund.” On Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the fund was being abandoned.

Mullin faced senators on Tuesday in his first congressional hearing since his confirmation to Trump’s Cabinet. The former Oklahoma lawmaker was questioned on his fledgling leadership of the agency, including his threats to remove Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in locations considered “sanctuary cities” by the Trump administration.

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