A Senate staffer for Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth impersonated a lawyer to spring a serial illegal alien from federal custody, exposing yet another open-borders scandal inside the Swamp’s ivory towers.
Edward York, Duckworth’s Constituent Outreach Coordinator, entered an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in East St. Louis on Oct. 29 and told agents he was attorney for Jose Ismael Ayuzo Sandoval, a 40-year-old Mexican national deported four times with a DUI rap sheet, according to a DHS letter obtained by Fox News.
"At approximately 1:29 p.m., an individual identified as Edward York, who according to publicly available information, is employed as a Constituent Outreach Coordinator for your Senate office, entered the field office lobby, and in a discussion with a federal officer, claimed to be Mr. Ayuzo’s attorney. Mr. York demanded to speak with his 'client,'" ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons wrote to Duckworth on Wednesday.
York falsified a DHS form to gain access, met Sandoval, and secured his signature on a G-28 notice of appearance that authorizes legal representation in immigration cases.
BREAKING: A staff member for Senator Tammy Duckworth (D) reportedly posed as a lawyer and falsified a Homeland Security form in order to secure the release of a criminal illegal alien.
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Four days later, Suarez Law Office in Collinsville electronically filed an unsigned G-28, despite York already holding the signed version.
"Four days later, a Suarez Law Office in Collinsville, Illinois, filed a G-28 electronically that did not have Mr. Ayuzo’s signature, even though Mr. York, who claimed to work for the law firm, had already obtained a signed form," the DHS letter stated.
"It appears as if Mr. York may have collaborated with the firm to cover his misrepresentation," the letter added.
DHS demanded Duckworth explain the breach and any role her office played in orchestrating the detainee’s potential release.
While radical leftists cheer "sanctuary" chaos and Democrat elites shield criminal aliens, a taxpayer-funded staffer just got busted gaming the system, proving the border crisis starts in Congress, not just at the Rio Grande.
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