It’s not often you see a conservative media personality publicly groan at the Trump administration’s immigration message, but that’s exactly what happened when Fox News personality Tomi Lahren heard what U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had to say about migrants whose temporary protections are ending.

During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Mullin explained that roughly 350,000 Haitians who have been living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status have several options. Options?? Why aren’t they being immediately mass deported?

Mullin said they can apply for permanent legal status if they’re eligible, seek another visa, or voluntarily return home – with the federal government even offering transportation and about $2,100 to help them get re-established. WTF?! Why are OUR tax dollars being used to send them back home and get “re-established”??!

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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was first granted to Haitians in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake killed an estimated 220,000 people. In the years that followed, the country’s instability deepened, creating conditions that fueled the rise of violent youth gangs and other armed groups that have plagued Haiti for more than a decade. Mullin also emphasized in the interview that Temporary Protected Status was never intended to be permanent. Duh.

Lahren wasn’t exactly handing out gold stars for his answers.

Responding on her Big Weekend Show and on X, she blasted the administration’s approach, writing, “So no voter ID and now mass deportations aren’t happening either. Why do we elect Republicans?” She later warned that conservatives frustrated with immigration enforcement could simply stay home during the midterm elections if campaign promises aren’t fulfilled.

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Most conservatives argue that once temporary legal protections expire, the expectation should be straightforward: if someone isn’t legally entitled to remain in the United States, they should leave – without taxpayers picking up the tab for airfare and resettlement money.

One thing is clear: when even some of the administration’s loudest conservative allies start asking why Trump and the Republicans aren’t delivering exactly what they promised on immigration, the conversation has moved well beyond the border.