Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is doubling down on her efforts to help migrants in the country illegally to evade capture and deportation.
In an interview with NPR, the Bronx Democrat told host Steve Inskeep that she was going to continue providing guidance to illegal immigrants despite being threatened with potential federal charges by border czar Tom Homan.
“You had a recent dispute, if that’s the right word, with Tom Homan, the president’s homeland security czar, so-called. You held an online forum, a Know Your Rights forum, that he didn’t like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?” Inskeep asked.
“My job is to educate and act as a liaison of critical information to my constituents, and I was informing all of my constituents of their constitutional protections and, in particular, their — their constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez — who also took an oath to support the laws of the country — said.
“Homan was upset, I suppose, because he felt that you were giving advice to people who were here illegally,” Inskeep responded. “Were you?”