{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blasts-mayorkas-pro-hamas-spokeswoman-still-dhs-payroll/", "Hawley Blasts Mayorkas for Pro-Hamas Spokeswoman Still on DHS Payroll", "2023-10-31", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and slammed the Biden Administration for their employment of a pro-Hamas adjudication officer.\n\n\u201cMr. Secretary what is going on here? Is this typical of people who work at DHS? This is an Asylum and Immigration Officer who is posting these frankly pro-genocidal slogans and images on the day that Israelis are being slaughtered in their beds,\u201d Senator Hawley said. \u201cHas she been fired?\u201d\n\nSecretary Mayorkas declined to answer Senator Hawley\u2019s question, claiming the individual is on administrative leave and that he will not speak on an internal personnel matter.\n\nDHS employee, Newja Ali, has a documented history of making virulently antisemitic, pro-Hamas statements, including in the immediate aftermath of Hamas\u2019 savage attack on innocent American and Israeli civilians.\n\nClick here or above to watch the full exchange.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blasts-mayorkas-pro-hamas-spokeswoman-still-dhs-payroll/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8229540437459946, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}