Posted on 02/14/2025 12:05:43 AM PST by Libloather
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office hosted a webinar on Wednesday explaining the tactics Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities have been using in New York to arrest illegal immigrants in an apparent effort to help them avoid deportation.
The “Squad” congresswoman did not attend the webinar, which aired on her office’s Facebook page, but on Thursday shared a “Know Your Rights” guide instructing migrants not to open their doors to ICE agents unless they have a warrant.
“ICE raids are political tactics, and they’re often intended to create fear,” Genia Blaser, a lawyer with the Immigrant Defense Project, claimed during the presentation streamed by the Bronx-Queens rep’s office.
“We see how ICE often uses rhetoric to criminalize immigrants, to normalize their tactics and justify what they’re doing,” she added, describing encounters between migrants and ICE as “often very aggressive.”
Blaser informed viewers recent ICE raids in the Empire State have taken place “early in the morning” and in “public places,” and have often involved unmarked ICE vehicles stopping cars as people drive to and from work.
She also noted that ICE arrests have taken place during required check-ins with federal immigration authorities and – outside of New York City – during probation or parole appointments and when migrants are being transferred from police custody.
“Believe it or not, in America EVERYONE has rights,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X Thursday, sharing a guide, in English and Spanish, on how illegal immigrants can potentially avoid being deported.
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AIDING-—ABETTING-—HARBORING== FEDERAL FELONIES
CHARGE THE BITCH——
OATH BREAKER!!! Hey donkey face remember that oath of office you took when you swore to uphold and defend the Constitution and America from all enemies foreign and domestic? Well not only have you just given aid and comfort to the foreign enemies, you have earned the domestic enemies crown. Congress should impeach the stupid traitor, at the least censure and strip her of all committee assignments.
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