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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas' announcement of a new climate change program – saying he was pushing 'woke' policies rather than tending to the border crisis.
Hawley, who sits on the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, ripped the idea in a letter to Mayorkas about a week after he announced the program.
'Unfortunately, instead of focusing on the crisis at the southern border, you are prioritizing the creation of woke partisan government programs,' he wrote.
He pointed to a press release where Mayorkas announced the program to 'develop the next generation of climate experts, improve climate literacy throughout the Department, and help us execute our Climate Action Plan to remain mission-resilient while reducing our own impacts on the environment.'
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., accused the Homeland Security Department of pursuing 'woke' climate change policies at the expense of the border
Members of the Climate Change Action Group could get full-time DHS positions.
According to Hawley, that was a far cry from the agency's main mission of protecting
