Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) are sharply criticizing a New York Times feature that portrayed both an undocumented immigrant and an American whose identity he allegedly stole as victims, calling the framing misleading.

Reacting to the New York Times ‘s headline, “Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price,” Vance wrote on X, “What shameful framing from the NYT .”

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Lee echoed the criticism, arguing the paper blurred the moral distinction between the two men.

“In no way are these moral equivalents. One man is a victim, the other a perpe

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