Internal conflicts?
California has its first illegal alien in state office, after Senate
President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) appointed Lizbeth Mateo
to the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant
Advisory Committee.
Mateo, an attorney, was born in Mexico and
came to the U.S. illegally at the age of 14 with her parents, who are
also illegal aliens, according to the Sacramento Bee.
She
complained that illegal aliens are not adequately represented in state
government, and described her appointment as a step towards correcting
that alleged injustice.
“While undocumented students have become
more visible in our state, they remain underrepresented in places where
decisions that affect them are being made,” Mateo said, as quoted by Fox
News.
De León, who is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), described Mateo as: “a courageous,
determined and intelligent young woman who at great personal risk has
dedicated herself to fight for those seeking their rightful place in
this country,” according to Fox News.
Mateo, however, seems somewhat confused about which country she prefers.
While
she is the first illegal alien to hold a state office, she is not the
first elevated to public office in California. In 2015, the city council
of Huntington Park, California, appointed two illegal aliens to city
commissions, sparking a public backlash.
De León and other state
officials are stoking an ongoing confrontation with the federal
government over federal immigration laws.
In a Facebook post in
2016, apparently celebrating her graduation from Santa Clara University
School of Law, Mateo declared, in Spanish: “[E]verything is dedicated to
Oaxaca, Mexico!! to that land that I miss so much.”
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