* She has a green card and is a legal resident, this piece makes it sound as though she crossed the Rio Grande within the last few years. Folks with green cards have work permits and pay taxes.

* this piece makes it sound as though she crossed the Rio Grande within the last few years.

Where exactly does the article suggest that? Sounds to me like you should work on your reading comprehension skills. Or maybe you just never bothered to read it at all.

Because I found this paragraph. Vera moved to Minneapolis with her parents from their arrival point in Mexico when she was four. She is a legal resident alien and authorized to work, but is not a U.S. citizen.
Which sort of contradicts this other article I found. https://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/minnesota/new-recruits-for-minneapolis-police-department-include-first-somali-american-woman-first-non-u-s-citizen
9 hours ago — MINNEAPOLIS — Lesly Vera wanted to be a police officer for as long as she could remember. The 27-year-old was born in Mexico, ...

* What exactly is the author of this piece implying?

* You not that smart to begin with because you in a cult- don't ever forget that. You the fool that thinks America needs a felon as Commander in Chief. See my point?