Anna Giaritelli joined the Washington Examiner in 2015 and focuses on homeland security, immigration, and border issues. Anna has traveled to the border on more than 40 occasions since 2018 and has covered human smuggling, the evolution of the war on drugs, domestic terrorism, and migration trends. She is currently based in Austin, Texas.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas lambasted a Republican lawmaker during a tense standoff on Capitol Hill Tuesday after the senator accused President Joe Biden's Cabinet member of being indifferent about a DHS employee's hatred of Israel.
"'F Israel, the government and its military. Are you ready for your downfall?'" Hawley said as he read an Instagram post by USCIS employee Nejwa Ali, who previously worked for the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Mayorkas said he had four points to make in response and started with a harsh rebuttal of how he said Hawley had slandered the department's 260,000 employees.
"You have employees who are celebrating genocide, and you are saying it's despicable for me to ask the question. Has she been fired?" Hawley asked. "I can't believe that you would come to this committee knowing this. You know about this. I've written to you about it. You know all about it. And you come here unwilling to answer and suggest that it is wrong of me to ask you the question. Quite frankly, Mr. Secretary, I think that your performance is despicable, and I think the fact that you are not willing to provide the answers to this committee is absolutely atrocious," Hawley said.
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