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She vowed to abolish ICE and reject AI money. The Post says she took both.

Assemblywoman Claire Valdez accepted donations from AI investors and ICE vendors despite public pledges to reject such money, per a June 6 New York Post report.

Assembly Member Claire Valdez speaks at a microphone during an MTA Queens Bus Network Redesign event in June 2025.
Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, who is running in the June 23 Democratic primary for New York's 7th Congressional District, at a June 2025 public appearance in Queens. Marc A. Hermann / MTA / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

She vowed to abolish ICE and reject AI money. The Post says she took both.

Assemblywoman Claire Valdez accepted donations from AI investors and ICE vendors despite public pledges to reject such money, per a June 6 New York Post report.

She vowed to abolish ICE and reject AI money. The Post says she took both.
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Democratic state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, running in the June 23 Democratic primary for New York’s 7th Congressional District, accepted thousands of dollars in campaign donations from AI investors and employees of companies contracted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the New York Post reported June 6, even as she publicly pledged to reject AI industry contributions and has called for abolishing the agency.

The 7th District covers parts of Queens and Brooklyn, a stretch of the city where federal immigration enforcement has faced scrutiny. A Bushwick man remains detained after…

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Filed underAI Donations / Antonio Reynoso / Brooklyn / Bushwick / Campaign Finance / Claire Valdez / Democratic Primary / ICE / Queens / Zohran Mamdani

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