Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) office has fired a staffer who was accused of pretending to be an attorney to free an illegal alien from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, according to a report.
Fox News’s Bill Melugin shared a letter that Duckworth directed at Todd M. Lyons, the Acting Director of ICE. In her letter, Duckworth explained that she was responding to Lyon’s November 12, 2025, letter “regarding interactions between” her now-former staffer and ICE officials.
Duckworth added that her “office has terminated the employment” of the staffer.
“I am writing in response to your November 12, 2025 letter regarding interactions between an employee of my Senate Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the St. Louis ICE Field Office,”
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