Hate to say it, but AOC is right about this one [View all]
By Christine Flowers
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM EST
If you listen to some right-wing pundits, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is running a smuggling ring across the southern border ...
Far be it from me to defend La Cortez, but I find the misrepresentations from those who think there is a Constitution-free zone in this country, and that unless you have a green card or a U.S. passport, you live smack dab in the middle of it, to be annoying.
It evinces ignorance at best, and at its worst, a desire to simply pretend that due process is discretionary. It’s not.
It’s the backbone of our legal system and if you decide that it’s OK to deprive immigrants of those established rights, it’s a shortstep to denying other groups ...
I’m not about to criticize AOC for insisting on telling immigrants that they don’t have to let ICE agents into their homes without first presenting a signed warrant, that they don’t have to say anything without first consulting with an attorney, and they don’t need to give up and stop fighting removal simply because some overpaid, blow-dried cable news host says they have to ...
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