In a stunning exchange, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan demanded a Department of Justice investigation into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after she hosted a webinar advising illegal immigrants on how to avoid ICE encounters and deportation.
“What I find disturbing is that any member of Congress wants to educate people on how they evade law enforcement,” Homan told Fox News Monday.
“You can claim you’re educating those constitutional rights, okay, you can keep that claim, oka,” he said. “But what she is in fact doing is telling people ‘Don’t open the door, hide in your home, don’t talk to ICE.'”
In another brutal exchange, Homan told Newsmax on Monday that Ocasio-Cortez was simply “the dumbest congresswoman” in U.S. history.
“She’s the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress,” Homan said. “She proves that every day.”
Take a look —
LMFAO.
TOM HOMAN: [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] – she's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress. She proves that every day.pic.twitter.com/5e6ViwbyDI
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The webinar, titled “Know Your Rights in case of ICE” and hosted by Ocasio-Cortez’s office without her personal appearance, was intended to give illegal immigrants information on warrant requirements and constitutional rights.
AOC’s staff characterized ICE raids as “political tactics” intended to create fear, advising that “ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.”
Homan blasted the webinar as a “how to” guide to circumvent the law.
“We are talking about people who are in the country illegally, committed a crime. They are public safety threats, and they’ve been ordered removed by a federal judge,” Homan said. “It’s like AOC and others don’t want ICE to enforce the law that they enacted.”
During his appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Homan said that Ocasio-Cortez and her staff could be facing felony charges.
“Not only that, but when you harbor and conceal and impede law enforcement, that’s a felony. What she’s really doing… she’s trying to teach them how to evade law enforcement.”
Ocasio-Cortez sarcastically dismissed Homan’s suggestions of felony charges on social media.
“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw,” she wrote on X. “Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start.”
Undeterred, Homan said he was referring Ocasio-Cortez and her office to the Department of Justice for investigation.
“What she needs to do is read the statutes enacted by Congress… because it’s a crime to enter this country illegally,” Homan reminded the audience.
“I’ve asked DOJ, where is that line of impediment, where is that line of interference?” Homan said, noting current ICE operations target “national security and public safety threats” focusing on individuals with “significant criminal convictions.”
“Let’s hope she’s not educating the next person who gets out and murders a young college student in Georgia,” Homan said on Sunday. “She can call it education all she wants. But we all know it’s about evading law enforcement.”
Trump’s second administration has been aggressively enforcing illegal immigration laws, a shift from the Biden administration’s heavily criticized soft-on-crime approach.
Homan declined to specify whether he would be pursuing specific charges on Ocasio-Cortez, stating, “I’ll leave that up to the DOJ.”
Take a look at Homan’s appearance on Fox News over the weekend —
🚨 NEW: Border Czar Tom Homan confirms he has asked the DOJ to investigate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for alleged interference in ICE investigations pic.twitter.com/6MuUMlVCNN
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