The staffer for Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth who was caught posing as a lawyer to help free an illegal immigrant from ICE custody in East St. Louis, Illinois has been fired.
The staffer was fired on Monday effective immediately.
The staffer should also be charged for making false statements to federal officers.
“I am writing in response to your November 12, 2025 letter regarding interactions between an employee of my Senate Office and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the St. Louis ICE Field Office. Upon reviewing the matter, I can confirm that neither I nor my leadership team was aware of authorized or directed what your letter describes as the employee’s conduct,” Tammy Duckworth wrote in a letter to ICE.
“My office has terminated the employment of said employee, effective November 17, 2025,” Tammy Duckworth said.
BREAKING: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) notifies ICE she has fired a staffer who was accused by ICE of pretending to be the attorney of a previously deported illegal alien in an effort to free him from federal custody. Duckworth tells ICE in letter that she was not aware of, and… pic.twitter.com/Bg0UFzy9x5
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) November 17, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security is demanding answers after Duckworth’s staffer, Edward York, misrepresented himself to federal agents as legal counsel for Jose Ismeal Ayuzo Sandoval, a four-time deported illegal alien with a prior DUI conviction.
According to a letter from the DHS, York entered the ICE facility on October 29 by falsifying a DHS form.
York met with Ayuzo Sandoval and got him to sign a G-28 form, which allowed him to represent the illegal alien as a client.
York also tried to submit the G-28 form without Sandoval’s signature, Fox News reported.
“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 letter said, according to Fox News.
The DHS believes York was actually collaborating with the law firm.
“It appears as if Mr. York may have collaborated with the firm to cover his misrepresentation,” the letter stated.
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.
Jose Ismeal Ayuzo Sandoval, an illegal alien who has been deported FOUR TIMES, also has a… pic.twitter.com/OESzFRRRXF
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 12, 2025
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