Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic Socialist elected to New York’s 14th Congressional District last month, criticized the Trump administration on Monday for its immigration policies, tweeting that this “Admin has been criminal from the start.”
The tweet from Ocasio-Cortez was in response to an earlier one from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who wrote Saturday night that she was able to “successfully assist 5 asylum seekers – 2 unaccompanied minors, a mother and her 9 year old child, and a young man with a serious medical condition – into the United States.”
Ocasio-Cortez thanked Jayapal for getting involved but argued that “it shouldn’t have to take a member of Congress physically showing up herself to get ICE to stop violating international law *as an exception.*
Thank you, @RepJayapal.
It shouldn’t have to take a member of Congress physically showing up herself to get ICE to stop violating international law *as an exception.*
From jailing children to banning folks based on their religion, this Admin has been criminal from the start. https://t.co/YDhJxsARiX
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
“From jailing children to banning folks based on their religion, this Admin has been criminal from the start,” Ocasio continued.- READ MORE