WATCH: AOC Admits She Was Aiding Illegal Immigrants

In an explosive interview on “Up First with NPR,” a show hosted by Steve Inskeep, far-left “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez admitted that she had, much as Tom Homan initially claimed and she freaked out about, given information that aided illegal immigrants, something that could be illegal.

That came when, during the conversation, Inskeep broached the issue of illegal immigration. During that, he noted that voters are obviously “Feeling that Democrats are not serious about [illegal immigration] in ways that concern them.” AOC, absur I think that we have a problem on immigration because of the lack of progress that we’ve had on this issue. And as we know, Republicans weaponize that lack of progress. They are completely uninterested in addressing undocumented people and addressing a path to citizenship.”

Inskeep, responding, noted that the Republican response to illegal immigration is deporting them, so there is indeed an interest in addressing them. She said, “Well, they do want to address undocumented people by removing them. I mean, that’s what the president is attempting now.” AOC snapped back, “Even then, you see what Republicans did with the Laken Riley Act. They authorize the complete gutting of due process. So now you can take a DACA recipient, a DREAMer, just accuse them of a crime.”

Inskeep told her, pushing back, “And deport them.” She snapped, obviously angry with his pushback, “And deport them. However, they also understand that they don’t even have the infrastructure to do that. It’s not even about creating a deportation pipeline. They are creating a private prison camp pipeline. So they’re still creating pipelines to just increase this problem here in the United States.”

Still not really having it, Inskeep noted that the illegal immigration question was a big electoral loser for Democrats. He said, “Why do you think this issue did seem to be a political loser for Democrats among key groups and key constituencies, if what you say is true?” Ridiculously, she claimed giving them citizenship would be popular: “I think that a lack of a path to citizenship in the United States, the lack of addressing comprehensive immigration reform creates a large population of undocumented people in the United States, and that is allowed to be weaponized in many ways.”

She continued, “We have a large population of undocumented people in the United States. Overwhelmingly, it is not because they crossed the southern border of the United States. It’s because they came here in a documented fashion and overstayed a visa.” She then added, “And became undocumented. And it is the lack of ability for us to expand paths to citizenship, modernize paths to citizenship over decades, that create this bubbling issue that Republicans are allowed to weaponize.”

After letting AOC ramble about citizenship, Inskeep noted that voters who have dealt with illegal immigration quite dislike it, saying, “And you have voters in places like Arizona, which is a swing state that Democrats lost, or Colorado, which is generally a blue state, saying, ‘There’s a lot of chaos. There’s a lot of lawlessness.'” He added that they’re thinking, “‘I don’t know what to do here. Who’s looking out after me?'”

AOC, ridiculously, insisted that a “social safety net” is the answer, telling him, “And I think when that is paired with divestment from the social safety net, when that is paired with lack of progress on minimum wage, when that is paired with rising costs of living, it sets the stage for a strongman to point to any marginalized group and say it’s their fault, instead of looking at the gross income inequality that we have and its actual causes in the United States.”

And that is when Tom Homan and AOC’s battle with him came up. Inskeep said, “Since the election, many Democrats have said that they need a tougher approach to immigration. Ocasio-Cortez still argues that many people who are here without legal status should stay, and that led to a recent dispute with Tom Homan, the president’s border czar. You held an online forum, a know-your-rights forum that he didn’t like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?”

AOC told him that she was aiding illegal immigrants, classing those non-citizens as her “constituents.” She said, “I was informing all of my constituents of their constitutional protections, and, in particular, their constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure in the United States.”

Pressing her, Inskeep asked, “Homan was upset, I suppose, because he felt that you were giving advice to people who were here illegally. Were you?” She said, “I was giving advice to all of my constituents, yeah.” Inskeep then told her, “He said he was going to report to you or even that he did reach out to the Department of Justice. Have you heard from the Department of Justice?” She said, “I have not, and I intend on reaching out to the Department of Justice to inquire.” She added that what she would ask is, “Well, there is a member of the Trump administration who is threatening and seeks to open an inquiry. And are you going to do it?”

Watch that conversation here:

NPR: “Tom Homan was upset because he felt that you were giving advice to people who were here illegally. Were you?”

AOC: “I was giving advice to ALL of my constituents, yeah.” pic.twitter.com/xFnVJoTMon

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