Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was loudly heckled this week by New York residents fed up with the illegal immigrant crisis plaguing the city.
The congresswoman, an outspoken supporter of sanctuary city policies, took part in a news conference with fellow Democratic lawmakers outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
AOC’s action comes amid a growing illegal immigrant crisis that Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly warned will “destroy New York City.”
It also comes just days after she dodged a question about why she hasn’t visited the southern border for dramatic photo ops to promote the humanitarian crisis that has grown exponentially under the Biden administration.
As such, Ocasio-Cortez stepped out into the audience to finally speak about the issue. She probably regrets it.
BREAKING: New York’s congressional delegation led by AOC is shouted at at an event by protesters chanting “close the borders.”
New Yorkers are tired of their Democratic leaders allowing the invasion of our border.
pic.twitter.com/KxpdZhzk1d— Christian Collins (@CollinsforTX) September 15, 2023
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Ocasio-Cortez began introducing herself before speaking about the invasion of illegal immigrants in New York City.
“My name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I am here with Representative Adriano Espaillat, and we are incredibly happy and excited to be here,” she said.
The crowd was already growing restless and the shouts immediately began to drown out her words.
She and Espaillat continue to talk, but it was almost impossible to hear what was said as cries of “Close the border!” and “Respect the Constitution AOC!” rained.
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Others can be heard repeatedly shouting, “Send them back!”
AOC gets a fitting welcome from angry New Yorkers who don’t want their city to turn into a dumping ground for migrants. pic.twitter.com/OOueC2kd7V
— Civil Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 15, 2023
Ocasio-Cortez continued to talk about ensuring illegal aliens had “whatever resources” they needed, but was met with continued pushback from a man with a megaphone.
“Illegal immigration is not right!” he shouts. “Respect the constitution, close the border!”
🚨BREAKING🚨
Vocal NYC Protester Speaks to Fox News Reporter – @HARRISFAULKNER The interview is interrupted halfway through
REPORTER: “AOC – they had a press conference. What did you think of their comments?”
PROTESTER: “They will never be allowed to walk the streets again. They have… pic.twitter.com/15mTWlOXQJ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 15, 2023
Daily Mail reported that Ocasio-Cortez and Democrats “had to end the press conference early because they were outvoted.”
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It’s safe to say that not all New Yorkers agree with Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats’ policy of providing refuge to illegal immigrants.
This press conference was proof that they had had enough.
Less than a year ago, Ocasio-Cortez made the wild claim that young people are not having children because of the “burdens of capitalism,” and that as a result we “need” more immigrants.
“We actually need immigrant populations to balance things out,” she argued.
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says people can’t have children because of the “burdens of capitalism.” pic.twitter.com/jnceTNbJis
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 21, 2022
Around the same time, the Democratic “Squad” member argued that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was guilty of committing “crimes against humanity” by sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities.
It is appalling that far-right politicians seem to have decided that the autumn before the elections is their regularly scheduled time to commit crimes against humanity against refugees.
Don’t normalize this. Lying to and trading people for TV and clicks is not the usual politics. It’s abuse.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 16, 2022
In 2021, Ocasio-Cortez urged illegal immigrants to apply for a child tax credit signed by President Joe Biden.
Ocasio-Cortez is definitely a big fan of the illegal immigrants who are willing to “destroy” New York, as Mayor Eric Adams said.
But after being harassed by people who don’t like lawbreakers invading their city, we imagine she probably looks like this in her office or apartment.
AOC acted better when she dressed all in white to our southern border and pretended to cry. pic.twitter.com/jgdVqHKREy
— Lowkey Rey 2.0 (@AtlRey) July 19, 2022
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez recently told the New York Times that immigration is President Biden’s “weakest issue.”
“Immigration may be this administration’s weakest issue,” she said. “This is an area where our policies are dictated by politics, perhaps more than any other area.”
But it is almost certain that Ocasio-Cortez sees it this way, because in her eyes the borders are not wide enough.
It’s pretty close anyway. Just last week, over 7,300 migrants crossed the border illegally, with the exception of ‘escapees’ or those who entered the country conditionally.
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