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DHS exposes background of NYC city council employee after Mamdani fumed over arrest
NY Post ^ | january 14, 2026 | Peter Pinedo

Posted on 01/15/2026 5:23:58 AM PST by xxqqzz

Following outrage from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the arrest of a city council employee, the Department of Homeland Security shared that the individual arrested is an illegal immigrant with a previous arrest for assault.

According to DHS, the employee, Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, 53, is a "criminal illegal alien" from Venezuela. The agency said that despite Rubio Bohorquez being employed by the city council of America’s largest city, he has no work authorization and was illegally employed.

Further, DHS said that Rubio Bohorquez has a criminal history, including an arrest for assault in New York.

Rubio Bohorquez entered the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2017, which required him to depart the same year, according to DHS.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dhs; fraud; ice; illegalalien; illegalimmigration; immigration; mamdani; newyork; nyc

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1 posted on 01/15/2026 5:23:58 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: xxqqzz

The bureaucrat in New York City, who signed off on transmitting funds to him for his paychecks, needs to be charged with aiding fraud.


2 posted on 01/15/2026 5:27:21 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: xxqqzz

I so voted for this. But I would like to hear more about Manbanani fuming.


3 posted on 01/15/2026 5:30:57 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

I would agree with Mamdani being charged. isn’t this about what we figured would happen if that clown was elected?


4 posted on 01/15/2026 5:33:19 AM PST by oldtech
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To: xxqqzz
“Which one of you NY City employees want to work in the department checking Somalis applying for financial help?” The sound of horses running is hear in the hallway……
5 posted on 01/15/2026 5:36:09 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: xxqqzz

BUMP


6 posted on 01/15/2026 5:36:40 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: xxqqzz

Madmani, like other socialists of his ilk, has made it very clear he’s not so much an advocate of “law” as he is of “rule.”


7 posted on 01/15/2026 5:47:50 AM PST by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: normbal

“He called the arrest “an assault on our democracy, on our city and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation.””

In other words, he’s impotent in this case.


8 posted on 01/15/2026 6:12:34 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: xxqqzz

One of the frequent ways an illegal becomes illegal - get in on the pretext of some type of Visa which makes the visit legal for a limited period of time and under certain conditions, then simply never leave. They arrive legally and then never go home. It’s a choice THEY MADE and they KNOW they are staying illegally.


9 posted on 01/15/2026 6:15:15 AM PST by Wuli
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To: xxqqzz

So he overstayed his visa in 2017, commits a violent crime, and now he’s in city government? In what universe does that make sense? Except the universe in which a country is being conquered by its enemies.


10 posted on 01/15/2026 6:21:48 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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“He called the arrest “an assault on our democracy, on our city and our values.”

What the ass wipe really means:
“He called the arrest “an assault on communism, on my city and my values.”


11 posted on 01/15/2026 6:26:45 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: subterfuge

Why hasn’t he been deported?


12 posted on 01/15/2026 6:32:30 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: xxqqzz

It is a crime, to employ illegal aliens.
NYC is not exempted from the law!
Maybe DOJ can sue NYC.


13 posted on 01/15/2026 7:09:13 AM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: xxqqzz

Another Democrat - this one a real Commie - defending criminal illegals over Americans.

Can’t wait to see what happens to New York City in a year - I’m 2,500 miles away and that’s close enough.


14 posted on 01/15/2026 8:23:11 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: 9YearLurker

Exactly. Depot!


15 posted on 01/15/2026 10:39:12 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge
Exactly. Depot!

Home Depot!

16 posted on 01/15/2026 10:40:38 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: Lazamataz

Oops! I meant Home Deport..


17 posted on 01/15/2026 10:42:22 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge

😂


18 posted on 01/15/2026 10:49:58 AM PST by Lazamataz (The quickest and easiest way to untold riches is to be elected to national office.)
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To: xxqqzz

ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL !!!


19 posted on 01/15/2026 12:49:01 PM PST by Pearfect
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So what kind of background check did they do on him? where did he get social security number, was it stolen, fake? what previous employers did he have?

remember Ian Roberts 300k superintendant of schools...
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-releases-new-information-extensive-criminal-history-illegal-alien-ian-roberts-who


20 posted on 01/15/2026 7:37:14 PM PST by rolling_stone
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