House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering the Republicans’ campaign arm for falsely characterizing a Hispanic member of Congress as “an illegal immigrant.” The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) on Wednesday blasted a message on social media attacking Rep.

Democrats Thursday rallied behind Rep. Adriano Espaillat after a Republican group branded the trailblazing Harlem lawmaker as an “illegal immigrant.”

"Democrats literally chose an illegal immigrant to give their response to President Trump’s address," the NRCC wrote in a post to X on Wednesday with a clip of Espaillat's remarks. "Predictably, this radical called Trump’s presidency a 'reign of terror.' Democrats couldn’t be more disconnected from the American people."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering ... Espaillat, 70, was born in the Dominican Republic in 1954 and immigrated to the United States with his family a decade later.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering ... Espaillat, 70, was born in the Dominican Republic in 1954 and immigrated to the United States with his family a decade later.