In yet another stunning display of left-wing overreach, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is facing scrutiny after hosting a controversial webinar aimed at informing illegal immigrants on how to avoid deportation efforts by federal authorities.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) did not mince words on Monday when he suggested that the New York Democrat may have crossed the line into outright lawbreaking.
“We’re supposed to uphold the Constitution, not tell people how, you know, to evade the Constitution,” Scott stated on “The Benny Show” podcast, calling into question the legality of Ocasio-Cortez’s actions.
Scott, who has consistently championed law and order, did not hold back his criticism, adding that he didn’t believe it was “part of my job description to tell people that ‘Here’s how you don’t comply with the law.’”
“So, I think, it sure seemed like she’s violating the law,” the Florida senator said, directly challenging the Democrat congresswoman’s attempt to blur the lines between free speech and potential obstruction of federal enforcement efforts.
The webinar in question, which took place on February 12, was billed as a “Know Your Rights” seminar, allegedly providing so-called “practical guidance” for illegal immigrants facing deportation proceedings.
But many critics, including President Trump’s former border czar Tom Homan, believe Ocasio-Cortez was doing something far more insidious: actively interfering with immigration law enforcement.
Homan wasted no time in raising the alarm, stating the day after the webinar that Ocasio-Cortez might be “impeding” government operations.
“Maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now,” he remarked ominously, confirming that he had already contacted the deputy attorney general to examine the matter further.
Scott, a firm supporter of enforcing immigration laws, called for action if Ocasio-Cortez had indeed violated federal statutes.
“Look, we need to have equal protection and equal enforcement of the law,” he said. “And if she’s done something wrong, I hope Tom Homan does his job and, you know, prosecutes her to the full extent of the law.”
Rather than backing down, Ocasio-Cortez has gone on the defensive, attempting to paint herself as the victim of a political attack. In a highly unusual move, she penned a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding to know whether she was under federal investigation.
In the letter, she accused the Department of Justice of “yielding to political pressure” and “attempts to weaponize the agency against elected officials whose speech they disagree with.”
“It has been 14 days since Mr. Homan first threatened to weaponize your agency, but I have not yet heard any referral from the federal government,” she wrote, suggesting that the former border official’s actions “undercut core Constitutional rights.”
The saga took another twist on Monday, when speculation arose on conservative social media that Bondi is preparing to file federal charges against Ocasio-Cortez.
One viral post read: “I’m hearing AG Pam Bondi is reportedly going to charge Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for instructing illegal aliens how to avoid ICE.”
The post continued, “THIS is the only way elected officials stop breaking federal immigration laws. Lawyer up, AOC.”
Ocasio-Cortez attempted to justify her actions in an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, claiming her goal was to educate her constituents about their “constitutional protections.”
“My job is to educate and act as a liaison of critical information to my constituents,” she insisted. “And I was informing all of my constituents of their constitutional protections and, in particular, their constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in the United States.”
Inskeep pushed back, noting that Homan believed she was “giving advice to people who were [in the United States] illegally.”
“Were you?” he asked pointedly.
Ocasio-Cortez responded, “I was giving advice to all of my constituents.”
In a further attempt to control the narrative, Ocasio-Cortez revealed her intention to reach out to the DOJ herself, claiming she wanted clarity on whether the Trump administration was engaging in “political intimidation.”
When asked what she hoped to accomplish, she replied, “I think it’s important to know where this administration stands and if they intend on using political intimidation to silence their critics.”
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Prosecute her for her communist un-American activities and then deport her to Puerto Rico where she belongs. She is a disgrace to America!
So I presume that if she gave theoretical advice on how to hold up the local stop and rob (convenience store) it would be okay as long as the proceeds were used for humanitarian purposes?
This member of Congress because she “answered a casting call”; yes that is how she got into politics, has been skirting the edge of decency and ethics since she was elected. She and several other questionable members of Congress known as the squad don’t belong in Congress one day longer. Every member of the Squad has shown on a daily basis that they are nothing more than anti-American unpatriotic radical activists. This is what is meant by
being “over throw from within” . AOC has violated the U.S. Code 8 Sec 1327 that has to do with assisting illegal aliens entering and living in the U.S. without permission. She should be arrested by Border Czar Homan and charged accordingly. A few decades in Leavenworth will shut her stupid moth very nicely.
Maxx, Again well said. AOC opens her mouth and proves every time she is a Box Of Rocks kind of female. She is in that gang at congress that indeed has no respect for this country or its laws. AOC if my memory is correct is the child of immigrants who fled their south american homeland because the government was at that time communistic. I think it was Argentina.
She obviously has brought her politics without a memory of what she should be responsible for and that is keeping this nation safe and well managed. She apparently thinks her job is what the dimwit nitwits are preaching these days. Without analyzing why the dimwit nitwits and their donors want all this new layer of illegals for. Again, it comes back to not analyzing the reasoning. To most of us illegal aliens unvetted entering the USA is definitely wrong. To her since she drank the koolaide she just wants what the donors want.
In plain terms this 12 million or more herd of illegal aliens is a cheap voting base since the taxpayers really support them and for the donors a new under layer of workers. Rather in the fields picking crops or in the criminal underlayer of workers both children and adults for various not so nice jobs in not so nice conditions. No matter how it is described most of these illegals are harmed in the process. AOC is really stupid not to look into what is done to the majority of illegals in this country.
It might be better than where they came from but why does the taxpayer always end up supporting them is so many ways? And why is what we think of no consequence in these idiots heads? She is not helping and very possibly harming our officers who are making the effort to catch these illegals and send them home safely.
Our immigration process is NOT broken. It is well established and protects the citizens of this country. Right now a case of measles that we had erradicated in this country is ravishing NY. I am betting it was brought in by illegals. That would not have been possible years ago because in the vetting all the diseases we have eradicated here would have been stopped from speading again. Innoculations, abilitiy to work and support yourself, speaking english, etc. are all required by immigration into this country so we do not have to put them on welfare at all.
These are just a few things about this herd that is offensive and all because greedy donors are pushing their bribed members of congress like AOC to cross the line and amnesty them in. Fire AOC constituents of her perview. She will cost you plenty if you don’t hire better in your federal positions and right now she is putting you at risk because of my partial list of problems her position is exposing you and your children to. Then there is TB, etc. . It is all coming back thanks to these new illegal aliens. Shut that damn door! Come here legally of do not come at all!!!