Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may be finding herself in a spot of hot water — not that she'll learn anything from it.
On Monday, border czar Tom "The Hammer" Homan, speaking to Fox News, indicated that AOC's recent anti-ICE webinar, intended to help illegal aliens evade detention and repatriation by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), may be illegal — and that he is "working with the DOJ" to address it.
Speaking on Fox News, Homan said he finds it disturbing that “any member of Congress wants to educate people how they evade law enforcement.”
“You can claim you [are] educating [them about] constitutional rights,” he said, adding, “But what she [Ocasio-Cortez] is, in fact, doing is telling people ‘don’t open the door, hide in your home, don’t talk to ICE.'”
“We are talking about people who are in the country illegally [and have] committed a crime. They are public safety threats,” he continued, saying that federal judges have ordered the removal of many such individuals.
“It’s like AOC and others don’t want ICE to enforce the law that they enacted,” Homan said, referencing the congress member.
AOC, of course, doesn't want the law enforced, any more than she wanted the great Amazon warehouse that was intended for her district, that would have brought with it many good-paying, stable jobs. If she's famous for anything, it's her short-sightedness.
This time that may land her in legal trouble.
When the Fox News host asked him if he thought Ocasio-Cortez was breaking the law, Homan said he would leave that question to the DOJ.
This is not the first time Homan has suggested the possibility of action against Ocasio-Cortez for her attempts to educate people about their rights during ICE raids.
Last week, the “border czar” said he was working with the DOJ to determine if the lawmaker’s actions impede law enforcement efforts.
It's tempting to say, "Get after it," but there is a process to these things, and even now, that process takes time. And, to be fair, when considering charges on a sitting Congresswoman, that needs to be thought through because sooner or later, the shoe will be on the other foot, and that indictment would have to be air-tight.
Previously on RedState: No Big Surprise: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Office Helping Illegal Aliens Evade ICE Repatriation Efforts
Border Czar Homan Takes AOC to School After Her Office Hosts Anti-ICE Webinar
But let's think about this for a moment.
AOC's efforts are meant to thwart ICE and Tom Homan at every turn. She doesn't seem to know or care that the people she is protecting, the people that ICE is gathering for repatriation right now, are gang members and known criminals. She doesn't seem to know or care that she is aiding and abetting fugitives in their attempts to evade the legal authorities who are out looking for them — and taking great personal risk in the process, I might add.
Will legal consequences educate her? That's unclear; as my grandfather, as wise a man as ever drew breath, was fond of saying, "You can teach 'em, but you can't learn 'em." Were the DOJ to refer her for prosecution, AOC would doubtless cry that it was political recrimination. If she were prosecuted and convicted, she would cry the same, only louder. And, to be honest, a significant portion of the voters in her district would agree.
That doesn't mean it's not worth doing, pour encourager les autres. But let's not expect the notorious former bartender to learn anything from it, or to cease and desist in her efforts to help these goblins evade their pursuers.
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