President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel, former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, will face tough questions from Senate Republicans during his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning – and some are already signaling that they may slow down consideration of his nomination on the Senate floor.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday calling for the deportation of foreign nationals who support Hamas. In the letter addressed to the agency’s secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, the GOP senator urged the department to deport any foreign nationals who have expressed support for Hamas’s attacks on…
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) called on the United States to revoke the visas for foreign students protesting against Israel. “The foreign national students on visas who are protesting against our ally Israel should be sent back to their country,” the 2024 presidential candidate said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s devastating to see…