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 states the staffer entered an ICE facility in St. Louis, Illinois, on Oct. 29. “At approximately 1:29 p.m,” the letter says, “an individual identified as Edward York… claimed to be Mr. Ayuzo’s attorney. Mr. York demanded to speak with his ‘client’.” The staffer then falsified an official DHS form and successfully met with Ayuzo to get him to sign a G-28 form. After attaining a release order, the staffer tried to submit the form without Sandoval’s signature, even after having completed the G-28 form in person. 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 York had already obtained a signed form. “It appears as if Mr. York may have collaborated with the firm to cover his misrepresentation,” the letter describes. ICE said it could not verify that York was an attorney and 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 New York Post reported ICE is expecting a response from Duckworth’s Office within the next week: 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, as well as their staff, to stop the political games that put law enforcement and detainees at risk,” Lyons wrote. “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.”

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