“This one is particularly serious because it’s of her position as a public official and her abuse of the public trust.”

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, referring to felony charges against Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson. Fernandes Anderson agreed to plead guilty to two of the six federal corruption charges against her. She also agreed to resign her seat on the City Council. A formerly undocumented immigrant, she is now a citizen but her plea deal states that her conviction could lead to her deportation. (Boston Herald)