Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is back in the headlines — and shocker, she’s once again crying foul and casting herself as the latest victim of what she calls a “politically motivated” smear campaign. This time, it’s over her own words and actions during a controversial immigration webinar that, according to critics, came dangerously close to helping illegal immigrants dodge law enforcement.
At the heart of the issue is a “Know Your Rights” event AOC hosted in February, where lawyers provided tips to illegal immigrants on how to respond when approached by ICE agents. That included instructions like: “don’t open the door unless they have a judge-signed warrant.” Her office even distributed materials in English and Spanish, and offered assistance with pro bono legal aid and privacy forms that would allow AOC’s staff to intervene in deportation proceedings.
Now, the Trump administration’s DOJ — led by Attorney General Pam Bondi — may be looking into whether AOC’s involvement crossed the line into obstruction or facilitation. And she’s not taking the scrutiny well. “I’ve asked them, they haven’t responded to me,” she told Fox News, complaining that the DOJ won’t confirm whether she’s under investigation.
Rather than taking responsibility or clarifying her actions, AOC is trying to spin this as a First Amendment issue. According to her, she was merely “informing people of their constitutional rights” — never mind the fact that illegal immigrants aren’t entitled to the full suite of those rights, and certainly not to Congressional interference aimed at thwarting law enforcement.
Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar and a no-nonsense immigration enforcer, isn’t buying the act. He’s publicly urged the DOJ to investigate whether AOC’s webinar constituted an “impediment” to ICE operations. “I sent an email to the Deputy Attorney General,” Homan said. “Is that impeding law enforcement efforts? In my opinion, yes.”
Of course, AOC sees this as some dystopian vendetta. She fired off a dramatic letter to the DOJ accusing them of weaponizing the agency and yielding to political pressure. She even accused Homan of “intimidation” — which is rich, considering she’s been trying to abolish his agency since the day she arrived in Congress.
The truth is, if any other citizen encouraged people to avoid arrest or hide from law enforcement, they’d be facing serious legal consequences. But because AOC is in Congress and knows how to turn every scandal into a soapbox, she thinks she’s above the law.
Spoiler alert: she’s not.
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