Democrat staffers have been a lot in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. The Department of Homeland Security has revealed a staffer for Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth allegedly posed as a lawyer in an attempt to release an illegal immigrant. According to a letter by ICE, a staffer for Duckworth posed as an attorney in order to facilitate the release of a 40-year-old illegal immigrant who was previously convicted of four DUIs. The letter says the staffer entered an ICE facility in St. Louis, Illinois, on Oct. 29. “At approximately 1:29 p.m,” the letter states, “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’.” The letter said the staffer accomplished it by falsifying an official Department of Homeland Security (DHS) form. While at the facility, York successfully met with Ayuzo and got him to sign a G-28 form, the letter said. It allows an attorney to represent a client on immigration matters, empowering them to receive official correspondence, communicate with government agencies on their behalf and more. After attaining a release order, the staffer then tried to submit the form without Sandoval’s signature, even after having completed the G-28 form in person, the letter said. “Four days later,” the letter describes, “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.” It appears as if Mr. York may have collaborated with the firm to cover his misrepresentation. ICE said it could not verify that York was an attorney. The agency further became suspicious of the picture when they discovered a post to Facebook describing the incident. The post, put up by the Montgomery County Illinois Democrats’ page, described that a staffer had gone to a field office with a packet of documents and a release order with the intention of misrepresenting himself to law enforcement, the letter said. Lyons’ letter requests a response from Duckworth’s office no later than Nov. 17, demanding answers surrounding York’s employment, whether he knowingly lied on government documents, and whether he acted with the knowledge of other members of Duckworth’s staff. “I implore all members of the US House of Representatives and Senate,” Lyons wrote, “ as well as their staff, to stop the political games that put law enforcement and detainees at risk.” It is my sincere hope that you will advocate on behalf of your constituents who have been victimized by illegal alien crime and work with DHS to remove these criminals from the United States.
