Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi after border czar Tom Homan suggested she could now be under federal investigation for advising illegal aliens on how to respond to visits from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In a letter, Ocasio-Cortez questioned whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) had succumbed to “political pressure” following Homan’s calls to investigate her actions. Homan requested Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to investigate AOC over efforts to help illegals avoid deportation. However, Ocasio-Cortez said she never received any formal notice of the inquiry and now demands that Bondi provide her with transparency on the situation.
Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a letter to Bondi:
“I write to request clarity on whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) has yielded to political pressure and attempts to weaponize the agency against elected officials whose speech they disagree with.
Over the past two weeks, ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan has gone on multiple forums threatening political prosecution against me, citing resources I distributed informing my constituents and the American public of their constitutional and legal rights.”
AOC then went on to accuse Homan of weaponizing federal law enforcement against political opponents, claiming it is a violation of her First Amendment rights.
The congresswoman demanded the DOJ respond to her inquiry about whether she or her office was actively under investigation for “executing congressional responsibilities” by March 5.
She further accused Homan of attempting to use [the DOJ] to politically “intimidate” duly elected officials.
As we reported earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez hosted an Instagram Live webinar dubbed “Know Your Rights,” which provided guidance to illegal immigrants on responding to ICE enforcement actions.
During the webinar, Ocasio-Cortez told participants:
“When one of these things [raids] comes to your backyard, you can resist, and when that happens over millions of people, is that you generate enough friction that they cannot go as fast as they want to go.”
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The congresswoman even distributed flyers outlining ICE tactics, advising illegals on their legal options, and even going as far as to advise them not to open the door to ICE agents.
Ocasio-Cortez’s office is facilitating pro bono legal services for immigrants and encouraging those “worried about getting picked up by ICE” to fill out privacy release forms so her office can intervene.
Homan told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham that AOC’s actions could be impeding federal law enforcement efforts:
“And I sent an email today to the Deputy Attorney General. At what level is that impediment? I’m not an attorney, I’m not a prosecutor. Is that impeding our law enforcement efforts?”
Homan suggested Ocasio-Cortez may have crossed a legal boundary, adding:
“So maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now, but I need the AOG to opine on that. Because impediment is impediment in my opinion.”
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Ocasio-Cortez, who has been one of the most vocal advocates for abolishing ICE, could finally be facing justice for interfering with the security and defense of America’s borders.
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She either had good advice from her legal team or they let her down .I don’t know the laws in that regard But morally she was either right if you’re a globalist or wrong if you’re a patriotic law abiding citizen imo .
Check her finances and how she got rich so fast
Occasional-Cortex is sweating bullets! She needs to be sweating in prison.
First, illegal aliens do not have “rights” to break U.S. laws and then avoid accountability. Second, AOC has aided and abetted enemies of the United States, and that is Treason.
How many will pay attention to her when she gets to be fat and forty ?
This is called aiding and abetting criminals which is a crime.
Prosecuting AOC would stop much of the democrat lawlessness.
No “lawmaker” should be advocating for people to break the law, especially involving illegal aliens who have invaded the country. This should be disqualifying, violating your oath and subject to immediate removal from office. The bill that the Dems wanted that that would have allowed 1-2 million illegals to invade before the border was closed was ridiculous. Anyone who signed that is saying they are fine with some amount of people breaking the law. The default answer should have been zero. It’s like saying DUI is against the law but it’s okay if you only get caught twice a year and don’t kill more than one person.
So people like AOC should be taken to task for their actions. But Dems only do it to others and figure they are immune. Saying “protest peacefully” can be interpreted as “overthrow the government”, but organizing bail with malicious intent so that criminals can riot some more is just fine.
I’m no attorney either, but it would seem pretty clear to me that AOC advising illegals of their rights or even disseminating ICE tactics would be within her right to do. However, using the power of her office to assist illegal immigrants to stay here illegally certainly would not seem legal to me.
Democrats are the party of criminals.
1) Support illegal aliens
2) Reduce or eliminate punishment for criminal acts in law
3) Prosecutors often let criminals go
If you know of any Democrats who don’t support criminals, let us know.
Illegals don’t have rights,
Absolutely Correct! And anyone drawing a salary from the US government should not be aiding and abetting illegal immigrants.
Dems really are dim. Advising people to resist the legitimate and legally authorized government agencies doing their proper job is interference. It is criminal. Dare I say it, it is insurrection. The stupidity of liberals is legendary, epic even. They can not define the word “woman.” They insist there are more than two genders. They can not distinguish between legal and illegal. Absolutely Oblivious-Cretin is the perfect Democrat, the poster child for liberals.