"A top Interior Department official reportedly denied the existence of climate change and compared undocumented immigrants to 'cancer.'
CNN reported Tuesday that Bureau of Land Management acting Director William Perry Pendley, who was appointed in July, also claimed that Islam was at war with America and blamed migrants for diseases.
Pendley told The Hill in a statement that the comments were out of context and not relevant to his current job."
Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill October 8, 2019.
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Source: The Hill, 10/10/2019