Why?
Some of those foreign models have donated to his campaign.
After he proposed to expand the visas available to foreign models so they can work in New York, Rep. Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign took contributions from some cat walkers from abroad.Whoops. Weiner's press flack claims that the checks were returned and never deposited. Curiously, one of the models listed has no recollection of ever giving Weiner a check, which raises suspicions about the bundler of those donations, Kyky Conille.
Problem is, the models aren't allowed to donate because they're not US citizens or permanent resi dents.
The models involved have graced the pages of Sports Illustrated and posed for Victoria's Se cret lingerie. One was deported for an air-rage incident in which she hit a flight attendant.
Two of the models - Brazilian-born Thalita De Oliveira and Canadian Jessica Stam - are here on work visas, and do not have green cards or US citizenship, their agents said. De Oliveira gave Weiner's campaign $500, and Stam donated $600, according to Campaign Finance Board records.
And the Danish agent for May Andersen, who used to date NBA star Jason Kidd, said she's here on a work visa.
Records show Anderson gave $300 to Weiner. In 2006, she hit a flight attendant on a Miami-bound plane, resulting in her deportation.
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