A report by Bloomberg Law’s Ellen Gilmer on how worker morale on the Division of Homeland Safety is being negatively affected by Home Republicans launching an impeachment inquiry into Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over not implementing immigration legal guidelines and never securing the border reveals that DHS employees worship “Santo Mayorkas” with votive candles for his liberal grants of annual leave paid day without work from work.
Home Republicans’ quest to question Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas threatens to dishearten the workforce and pressure management at an company perennially caught in political crosshairs.
The marketing campaign towards the secretary, whose efforts to bolster morale have earned him the moniker “Santo Mayorkas” amongst many employees, is distracting and doubtlessly disruptive contained in the company, present and former Division of Homeland Safety officers warn.
…Mayorkas is a well-known face to DHS’s 260,000-person workforce, having served as deputy secretary and head of US Citizenship and Immigration Companies throughout President Barack Obama’s administration earlier than President Joe Biden tapped him as secretary in 2021.
He’s endeared himself to many employees all through these assignments along with his emphasis on enhancing the division’s notoriously low morale, stated a political appointee granted anonymity to debate the secretary’s status.
Maybe most appreciated by the rank and file are his liberal grants of additional day without work for DHS workers, usually round holidays, the appointee stated. Federal workers jokingly name him Santa or Santo Mayorkas, with “Patron Saint of Administrative Depart” prayer candles obtainable on eBay and Reddit threads extolling his virtues, although some say he’s attempting to purchase employee affection.
Fox Information reporter Adam Shaw posted a display screen seize of the Ebay page selling the “Santo Mayorkas” prayer candles, saying he initially thought they have been pretend:
Wonderful. I noticed an image of those some time in the past and assumed they have been photoshopped. Nope! https://t.co/cGbUlya5tq pic.twitter.com/OXvlBdHV6f
— Adam Shaw (@AdamShawNY) January 24, 2024
Different cases of “Santo Mayorkas” worship are discovered on social media accounts of DHS employees:
A Facebook page by “I Love TSA” options this picture:
“Santo Mayorkas” problem cash are additionally being sold on Amazon in addition to eBay.
A commenter on a Reddit thread about “Santo Mayorkas” stated, “I pray to him day by day!”
Pattern of Reddit threads:
“Santa Mayorkas Strikes Agsin (3 Days off for DHS) DHS Secretary Mayorkas simply gave everybody in DHS 24 hours of Admin Depart to make use of anytime earlier than 2023.”
“Santa Mayorkas Does It Again!!! 8 hours of admin go away for DHS workers for the Fourth of July. Not gonna lie I believed he would give 16 however nonetheless can’t complain.”
16 hours of admin leave for DHS!
Feedback: “That’s a grand whole of 95 hours of admin Mayorkas has given since final Labor Day (2021).”; “We have to defend this man in any respect prices. To date, we’ve been given 24hrs to make use of by the top of subsequent calendar yr.”; “Somebody in my workplace yelled “I like this man!” proper as we obtained the e-mail about it.”; “We’re about to arrange a bit of altar with a Santo Mayorkas candle over right here, bless him”; “Knock knock knock. Oh, good afternoon, do you could have a minute to listen to about our lord and Savior, Alejandro Mayorkas?”; “Superior! Mayorkas tosses admin omit like sweet. Like it”
Thread: “8 Hours Admin for DHS Employees! Santa Mayorkas strikes once more for DHS twentieth anniversary. ‘In recognition of your extraordinary sacrifices and contributions within the service of our nation, I’m privileged to grant you 8 hours of administrative go away’”
Feedback: “My coworker took an entire week of trip utilizing mayorkas days”; “If he retains this up, I’m going to must take off two complete months in some unspecified time in the future.”; “Saint Mayorkas actually do be giving us all the times off we’ve got to guard him”; “Right here’s what I’ve as an inventory of all of the Mayorkas days/hours. Did I miss any? *S1 Dec Holidays 2021 (24 hrs) *S1 Spring Holidays 2022 (16 hrs) *S1 Memorial Day 2022 (8 hrs) *S1 Thanksgiving 2022 (8 hrs) *S1 Dec Holidays 2022 (16 hrs) *S1 DHS twentieth Anniversary 2023 (8 hrs)”; “I believe he gave some (possibly 16 hours) for Labor day or Veterans day in 2021, I used it for Thanksgiving.”