New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had an illegal immigrant working for her, marking an apparent sidestep of federal law.
Diego de la Vega, who was born in Quito, Ecuador, came to the United States for the first time in 2001 as a seven-year-old, eventually overstaying his visitor’s visa, according to a Thursday report from Migrant Insider.
De la Vega, who later enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, got involved politically after the Dream Act failed in 2010. The law would have granted temporary conditional residency and the right to work for those brought to the United States as children.
He started serving as a communications worker in the New York State Assembly, and for Make the Road NY, which advocates for
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