The kernel doesn't have the usb identifier for this device. In order to use it I had to modify a couple things.
the command lsusb shows the usb id of : 050d:935b
create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/rt2870sta.conf
Add this line to the file with no line breaks.
install rt2870sta modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta ; /bin/echo "050d 935b" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id
After that if