Despite her posts and comments attacking Israel and sympathizing with Hamas, Nejwa Ali was allowed to keep her position in the Biden DHS, only being subjected to paid leave as punishment. Once President Trump took office, however, all that changed.

From The Daily Wire. Nejwa Ali, a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who the Department of Homeland Security hired and put in charge of vetting asylum seekers, was fired by the Trump administration in February after the Biden administration declined to do so for 14 months after she pledged her support for Hamas.

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Former President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, removed Ali from duty on October 19, 2023, days after The Daily Wire documented her celebration of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. But instead of firing her, Mayorkas continued to pay her, placing her on paid leave for an “investigation” …

Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire this week that Ali was removed from federal service on February 10, meaning she received 16 months of salary without having to work.

Ali worked in 2016 and 2017 as a public affairs officer for the “PLO office in D.C,” according to her LinkedIn. That office was expelled from the country because it is a designated terror organization. But Ali landed on her feet, securing a job at DHS as an “Asylum Officer,” where she was tasked with “applying immigration laws and regulations to asylum applications.”

Ali posted incessantly about her affinity for the Palestinian cause on social media, with increasingly over-the-top rhetoric after the October 7 terror attack. The Daily Wire’s initial report on Ali highlighted how she repeatedly posted pictures of Hamas terrorists parachuting in with guns and writing, “F*** Israel and any Jew who supports Israel.” …

In January 2023, Ali became an Adjudication Officer for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. People with that job, according to the agency, “analyze new or amended legislation and policy, prepare written reports of findings, and review and make determinations on cases for immigration benefits.” …

Weeks after The Daily Wire’s exposé, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) grilled Mayorkas about it at a hearing …

Mayorkas angrily refused to say why she was on paid leave instead of being fired, calling the question “despicable.”

Six months later, Mayorkas confirmed to the Senate that Ali was still on paid leave, even as she used her paid leave to protest in front of the Israeli Embassy during work hours, and to dox military members there. …

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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Department of Homeland Security)