Border Czar Warns Ocasio-Cortez Over Deportation Advice Amid New Policy

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Border czar Tom Homan issued a stern warning to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during an appearance on ‘The Ingraham Angle’ Tuesday. Homan’s comments followed Ocasio-Cortez’s recent guidance to migrants during a town hall event in her district.

Homan criticized Ocasio-Cortez for allegedly ‘educating the worst of the worst’ on how to evade law enforcement due to her ‘Know Your Rights’ webinars that she organized earlier this year. He warned that the ‘tables have now turned’ in the ongoing debate over immigration enforcement.

“I take pleasure [that] I can live in her mind rent-free every day,” Homan said. “But we all know exactly what she’s doing. She’s educating people how to get prosecuted because you have a final order.”

Homan reiterated that it is illegal to not comply with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removal order, a law he urged Ocasio-Cortez to familiarize herself with before June 1.

The New York Democrat maintained that her advice is within her rights, responding defiantly, “There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me,” during a packed town hall on Friday.

Ocasio-Cortez’s webinar included legal advice for migrants on how to deal with ICE agents, including recommendations to request warrants and understand different types of enforcement actions. Homan argued that these actions could impede deportations.

“My dad has his own company, and they called a lawyer to see if they could get a job permit or a visa, and they said that they hadn’t hit that status to get one yet,” said a relative of one of the attendees.

Homan warned that starting Wednesday, those who impede deportations could face prosecution. He said, “Game’s over. We’re going to look for these public safety threats and take them off those streets.”

His statement reflects a strategy to ramp up immigration enforcement in New York and other sanctuary cities across the U.S., indicating plans to increase the workforce assigned to enforcement actions.

The remarks come amid heightened tensions between Homan and Ocasio-Cortez, as both continue to engage in a public exchange of strong rhetoric over immigration policies in the United States.