DHS finally fires Islamic terror operative

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has fired an Islamic terror operative after granting her paid leave for 16 months.

Nejwa Ali previously served as a spokeswoman for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a designated terror organization. Nevertheless, in 2019 she obtained a position as an adjudication officer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the DHS. It was Ali’s job to determine whether asylum seekers should be granted entry to the United States.

Following the October 7th attack in Israel, Ali expressed support on social media for the Islamic attackers, writing, “I abso-f—ing-lutely celebrate [Palestinian hang-gliders], a–hole, f— you!” Her social media page, in which she describes herself as “American born” but “Palestinian @ heart”, contains several remarks about Jews such as: “F— Israel and any Jew that supports Israel.”

After the Daily Wire reported Ali’s posts, DHS spokesman Matthew Bourke confirmed she was placed on paid administrative leave. But the Biden DHS refused to terminate the former PLO operative despite several requests from lawmakers. Trump’s DHS fired Ali in February after 16 months of what amounted to a paid vacation for her. 

Stonewalling the public

In October 2024, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused to answer questions by lawmakers concerning Ali. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) pressed Mayorkas in a congressional hearing about why Ali had not been terminated. In response, Mayorkas tried to pass the blame to President Trump, during whose administration Ali was hired, and then said that “he cannot speak to an ongoing personnel matter.” Mayorkas then tried to deflect the line of questioning by invoking his Holocaust survivor parent, suggesting this lent him the credentials to decide whether someone presents a threat to the Jewish people.

Ali has gloated about her paid leave on social media. When someone commented on her page,  “When you do everything you can to get fired but the boss says NO,” Ali responded: “hilarious, seriously.” She has also used her paid leave to campaign for Islamic groups like Hamas. In December, she and others demonstrated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC where military officials from several countries were meeting. Ali and her associates published a video of the officials coming out of the embassy, which included representatives of the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and other countries.

Ali posted the video to social media and called for the officials’ identities to be publicized so they could be targeted for harassment.

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