WATCH: An illegal immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since 1989 โ 37 years โ stood alongside House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and demanded a path to citizenship for anyone present in the country illegally for at least seven years. She delivered the entire speech in Spanish through a translator.
The clip went viral, drawing fierce backlash from critics who pointed out that nearly four decades in the country without learning English undercuts any claim to assimilation.
"No English. No citizenship," said one popular online personality.