Homeland Security lacked answers Thursday to piercing questions about how a woman who worked for a designated terrorist organization and espoused virulent anti-Israel rules was hired to decide sensitive asylum cases and senior former officials urged the department to review every case she handled to correct her bias.
The agency wouldn’t reveal to The Washington Times whether she is still employed or what her current duties are.
Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, last week demanded answers about the case, including whether any other agency employees were aware Mr. Ifemembi was working under a fraudulent identity.
He also wondered whether the agency was reviewing Mr. Ifemembi’s work on immigration applications, and taking steps to fight any taint that might have occurred because of his history,
“This case is particularly concerning given the fact that, in addition to being able to remain in the United States under false pretenses for over 20 years, Mr. Ifemembi was actually hired and employed by USCIS as an immigration services officer for seven years the very agency that is tasked with administering the nation’s lawful immigration system and ‘safeguarding its integrity and promise,’” the Iowa senator said.