A nonprofit organization dedicated to “assisting migrants with their paperwork and legal needs” in New York City has been caught on video illegally filling out residency documents for a man without procuring any form of identification from him.
Video shot by Muckraker.com and obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project appears to show the nonprofit organization, La Jornada, saying that distributing such documents is against the law but then proceeding to do so with another person the next day. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news and commentary outlet.)
The video also shows the organization distributing paperwork to get a government-issued New York City identification card through the city’s IDNYC program.
Such a process suggests that an illegal alien easily could get a city ID card under a phony name through the nonprofit.
La Jornada, which operates out of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Queens, describes itself as an organization that is “helping migrants navigate the complex asylum processes and other legal procedures.”
The organization’s website states that La Jornada is “committed to justice and equality” and adds that “we strive to provide comprehensive support and expert guidance to those seeking safety and opportunities in a new country.”
The video, narrated by Muckraker.com founder Anthony Rubin, first shows him speaking to La Jornada employees about obtaining residency documents. Rubin tells one employee that a f “How can you buy that here?” the woman responds. “No, you could do your process of asylum.”
Rubin asks, “Not possible here?”
She says in response: “Buy papers here? No, we cannot do that. … We could help you do your documentation if you need to get a Social Security or work permit.”
Later in the video, the woman is seen saying to Rubin: “You cannot go asking how much is the residency we sell, because that’s illegal … that’s something that you could do that you could get in trouble. That’s not what we could do. … They will think we are doing something illegal.”
However, the next day, a Mexican associate of Muckraker’s went back to the La Jornada office in Queens. Another employee gives the man residency and IDNYC paperwork although he hasn’t produced any form of identification.
In the video, the man is heard giving only his first and last name to the organization’s employee.
“Do you have a first and last name? Nothing else? Only have Jose Rubiano?” she asks.
The man affirms that.
The La Jornada employee says: “I’m going to get this signed and then I’ll be right back.”
Next, the employee produces documents with the name “Jose Rubiano” for both residency and the IDNYC card.
Muckraker’s Rubin explained why illegally facilitating residence and official identification cards is so problematic.
“Anyone, from someone seeking unauthorized employment to spies, saboteurs, or even terrorists, could obtain a government-issued ID by visiting La Jornada and acquiring fraudulent papers,” Rubin said. “This risk also includes those who enter this country legally and overstay their visa.”
Such fraud, he said, potentially has allowed thousands of illegal aliens to obtain a new identity and integrate themselves into New York City undetected.
This is also a problem when it comes to illegal immigrants voting in local elections. With fraudulent residency papers, illegal aliens could take the first step toward voting in New York, which requires 30-day residency.
La Jornada is one of countless nonprofit organizations in New York and across the country that use U.S. taxpayers’ money to facilitate the increase in illegal immigration since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.
In 2023, Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., secured $250,000 in federal taxpayer dollars for La Jornada.
The failed Senate border bill promoted by Biden in February was set to send $1.4 billion to nonprofits that cater to illegal immigrants.
“What started out decades ago as faith-based organizations supporting the State Department to resettle genuine refugees in the U.S. after a legitimate application process has evolved into mass illegal immigration and downstream activities, creating an immigration industrial complex worth billions of dollars,” Lora Ries, director of Heritage’s Border Security and Immigration Center, wrote in May for The Daily Signal.
The Daily Signal sought comment about the video from La Jornada, but the organization didn’t respond by publication time.
Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of the book “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.”
Reprinted with Permission from The Daily Signal by Jarrett Stepman
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Representative Grace Meng (Democrat) should be arrested or sued for aiding the La Jornada NGO with the activities in creating false papers for illegal migrants. This NGO should be shut down and someone held responsible.
If all about greed. And making money
These organizations are frauds.
They should go to jail
Unfortunately it’ll be Muckraker.com that will get the book thrown at them by the corrupt New York DA and/or AG.
Why aren’t these people prosecuted? This is becoming one friggin lawless country with the democRATS in control of the White House, the Senate, the west coast, the northeast, and almost all of the big cities. God help us.
Stop funding nonprofits! They divert their funds where they want!
Has anyone called the police? These needs to stop!
why isn’t the worthless sob not in jail.
Straight out of the playbook on how to destroy a country. All of the people who support this invasion should be treated as traitors to our country. They would be in any other country on the planet.
Are you tired yet of lawbreakers getting away Scott free under Biden? No one is accountable as long as they fall into the Biden agenda class.
It’s all about getting out the vote for Democrats in November, never about anything else.
I don’t think truth and honesty stand a chance in this country anymore!
Committing these illegal activities under the umbrella of a church!! Sounds a lot like the money changers (gamblers) who were using the synagogue for their sinful deeds. The only time that Jesus exhibited strong indignation when he tossed them out of the synagogue, telling them that this is a house of worship, but they had turned it into a den of iniquity.
They need to disband these “non-profit” organizations, who are advocating fraud and breaking our laws!! And this can be called nothing else!! May God help and restore safety and security to America by ensuring President Trump returns to the White House after the 2024 election.
…All together now!….”and NOTHING will be done!!!”
If a demorat is involved, it’s crooked
Remember how Project Veritas (PV) exposed Planned Parenthood’s (PP) selling of baby parts and instead of PP getting held accountable, the liberal lawfare prosecutors targeted Project Veritas? Since then I don’t think I’ve seen any segments on conservative news outlets that report anything new from PV.
No surprise or shock here. What LEFT organization plays straight?
It was New York … what did you expect?
It’s obvious that they progressives (being kind here) are going to try to steal the upcoming elections. Patriots better get off their butts and vote!!!! This is going to be the last time you are going to get that chance.
These days NGOs should not be funded and charities are questionable also. If the latter helps migrants at the border of with somthing like false papers as in this article, we should stop contributing to these charities
All false documents also endorsed by Joe Biden.
When is all the corrupt Democrats ever going to be accountable for all the wrongs they are doing to this country? It is so terrible for all the crap that Trump has been enduring but when Democrats are to blame for so much wrong now, they just get a slap on the wrist. I hope that Trump beats them in the presidential election so we can get our country back in shape like it was when he was in office. Why don’t people see that we are headed to becoming a socialist country under Democratic rule and will eventually lose our freedoms when other countries take us over? We need Trump again. Someone with backbone. I pray he gets in and I pray for our country.
Arrest these people for aiding and abetting this invasion. They are illegal aliens!
I’m afraid to comment because you wouldn’t want to publish anything I would say. The Dems are really getting to be a disgrace to this nation.
Who is funding NGO’s giving unvetted illegal aliens ID? One of the largest funders are you and me, from (corrupt and clueless) puppet pResident dolt traitor joe…advised by his handler traitor Commie Obamie…his destroy America “fundamental transformation” is now on hyper warp speed. illegals voting is essential if the traitors are going to win, too many of their clueless voters have figured it out and are fleeing the traitorous D plantation.
It would not exist were there no profit
Any organization that claims to help one race or one subset of people should be declared unconstitutional and be disbanded.
What NGOs do aid the Dems
The treason is running so deep in the democrat and RINO parties right now there isn’t the prison space to hold them. The treason has been running so rampant for so long and has been so unenforced and abused by the justice system it barely qualifies as a misdemeanor. It’s lost its teeth and its meaning. But that’s part of the plan, isn’t it?
This is the next set of lies from there side this guy should be fired but will more then likely not be because he is part of the corruption in this country, there will be more of this pushing more through the system because they just do not care what is in this country any one caught should be in jail and removed from there job.The Dems are just on a bad path care nothing about the people in this country
We need, what should be our elected conservative representatives to tell us Patriots how we can legally help with minimizing (I believe it well never be totally eliminated) election fraud and what we can do now. All I keep seeing and hearing is: “call your congressmen/woman and your senator and tell them this or that” In my opinion, those efforts are useless at this point in time. We can’t wait until November 5th to attempt to help. We need direction now in order to have any chance at achieving positive results. With courage from and backing by our reps, I believe the number of patriots who will step forward to help would be beyond anyone’s imagination. What organization(s) are availble to us to help is a good example.
This is why I think it will be very difficult for DJT to do mass deportations of illegals, because this administration, through all of these corrupt NGO’s, will illegally facilitate LEGAL paperwork to these millions of illegals. The Communist ACLU’s of the world will be out in force with buckets of lawsuits in defense their NGO cohorts. Sad.
Non profit what a joke! And the joke is on the taxpayer, always…
This is shameful! The USA will no longer be a united country with this kind of stuff going on. I am sure that this NGO is not the only one that is doing stuff against the law. Vote the DemoRats out in November.
People seem surprised for some reason…
There is an error in the 7th paragraph. The sentence containing an “f” doesn’t make sense. Could the editor look into this?
Clifford F…… you sure are crying “wolf” a bunch. Sounds to me like you’re just trying to distract people away from this story, and not because it is false. To me, it sounds like you are trying to keep people from learning the TRUTH…. And THAT is why it is posted “here”.