“I do say it to cab drivers that are from, like, Hispanic descent. I’m like, ‘don’t talk to the police’… If you want a loophole, keep your mouth shut.”
“F**ck these people [Israelis]… I hate them to death.”
“I do say it to cab drivers that are from, like, Hispanic descent, I’m like, ‘don’t talk to the police.’ Don’t admit the truth… If you want a loophole, keep your mouth shut,” said Arslan Akhtar, A U.S. State Department employee responsible for reviewing visa applications, speaking to an undercover OMG journalist. Akhtar has been caught on hidden camera admitting to helping illegal immigrants evade deportation and expressing virulent antisemitic, anti-American, and anti-Israel views, all while holding an influential role in U.S. immigration decisions.
Akhtar explained that maintaining silence is the most effective way to avoid deportation, stating, “That’s the best advice I could possibly give to those guys, because the good people get taken advantage of. Our immigration system can be really cruel.” When pressed, he acknowledged the risk of exposure, adding, “I don’t get in trouble for things like that, unless you record me.”
Akhtar also revealed his animosity toward Jewish people and Israel. “A lot of the State Department is filled with Jewish people, terrible Jewish people,” he said. “Like, really garbage people.” He claimed to have worked with Jewish organizations in the past and described all of them as “awful people that really don’t want change.”
He went on to accuse the U.S. military of carrying out indiscriminate drone strikes, alleging that American forces “literally don’t care that 50 other people can die in that building.” Concluding the rant, he added, “F**k these people [Israelis]. No, f**k them.”
Despite his role in foreign visa reviews, Akhtar expressed open bias against specific ethnic and national groups. While discussing foreign applicants, he singled out Yemenis in particular, stating, “I hate them with a passion. They’re such awful people in the application process. They are the most conniving group of folks, next to Indians… Oh, Bangladeshi people, they’re awful.”
Even American citizens were not spared. Akhtar described white Americans as culturally dominant and dehumanizing. “When they talk to you, they talk to you like you’re lower than them,” he said. “It’s a culture of hatred… a culture of dominance. They feel like they have the right to dominate everybody, to claim Greenland, to claim Canada, to claim Israel.”
Beyond his personal views, Akhtar discussed efforts to create a retaliatory blacklist akin to the controversial Canary Mission, which monitors anti-Israel activity. “We need to create our own Canary Mission and fight fire with fire,” he told the undercover journalist. He added that he had been “talking to people about starting something like that,” but acknowledged that “any action that you do is going to have a consequence ultimately.”
Akhtar’s commentary culminated in a disturbing fantasy of violence. Speaking about Elon Musk, he said, “I would prefer him to be dragged out of the building with his hair plugs… and lynched on the street. We need a public justice, I think. That’s really what we need. We need a healthy dose of public justice.”
OMG reached out to the U.S. Department of State regarding Akhtar’s comments. A senior State Department Official issued the following statement to OMG: “The contractor is no longer employed by the U.S. State Department. Upholding the rule of law and protecting the integrity of our immigration system is essential, which is why the Department will launch a new contractor screening and vetting process.”
