DHS Secretary Mullin Blames Newsom Policies for Chinese Infiltration in California

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's policies for the alleged infiltration of Chinese actors into the state during an appearance on Fox News' The Story on Tuesday.

His remarks followed Justice Department charges against former Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang for acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China. Wang has resigned from her post, agreed to plead guilty to the felony and admitted acting at the direction and control of the Chinese government. She faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

Newsom does the bidding for the extreme left, and he's more interested in taking care of the criminals on the streets than taking care of the constituents on his actual streets, Mullin told anchor Martha MacCallum.

You expect this kind of stuff to happen. It's shameful. It should never happen, but unfortunately, in this case, it looks like it did.

Federal prosecutors said Wang pushed pro-China messaging from 2020 to 2022, before she took office.

Mullin said California's sanctuary status and Democrats' political theater invite foreign adversaries to infiltrate the United States. They feel like there is an open-door invitation in these sanctuary cities, and it's not just China. This is North Korea, this is Russia, he said. This is our adversaries all over the place that's using the political theater that the Democrats have drawled as a point of weakness to be able to infiltrate our communities.

Mullin said the case undermines national security. It comes as President Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in China this week.

Chinese leadership cannot outmaneuver Trump, Mullin said, expressing hope the meeting could yield positive change for Taiwan and the U.S.-China nuclear arms agreement.

Hopefully we can prevent China from going into Taiwan in 2027, like they have repeatedly said they were going to do. Hopefully we can keep this nuclear arms build-up from getting out of control, he added.

China hasn't always been a great partner, but with President Trump, maybe we can get back on solid ground, and the only person that could do it would be President Trump if it's possible.

Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom and his office for comment.