Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is doubling down on her efforts to <\/p>\n
help migrants in the country illegally to evade capture and deportation.<\/p>\n
In an interview with NPR, the Bronx Democrat told host Steve Inskeep that she was going to continue providing <\/p>\n
guidance to illegal immigrants despite being threatened with potential federal charges by border czar Tom Homan.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had a recent dispute, if that\u2019s the right word, with Tom Homan, the president\u2019s homeland security czar, <\/p>\n
so-called. You held an online forum, a Know Your Rights forum, that he didn\u2019t like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?\u201d Inskeep asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy 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, <\/p>\n
in particular, their \u2014 their constitutional protections against <\/p>\n
illegal search and seizure in the United States,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez \u2014 who also took an oath to support the laws of the country \u2014 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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