{"id":1714871,"date":"2022-10-28T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714871"},"modified":"2022-10-28T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T13:48:54","slug":"aoc-complains-biden-admin-not-doing-more-to-help-illegal-alien-potheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-complains-biden-admin-not-doing-more-to-help-illegal-alien-potheads\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Complains Biden Admin Not Doing More to Help Illegal Alien Potheads"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-complains-biden-admin-not-doing-more-to-help-illegal-alien-potheads%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.) has faulted President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> for not including undocumented immigrants in his blanket pardon he announced in early October for people convicted of possessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-marijuana\">marijuana<\/a> on a federal level.<\/p>\n<p>The New York lawmaker made the comments during an <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/its-midnights-in-america-with-aoc\/id1192761536?i=1000583788408\">episode<\/a> of \u201cPod Save America\u201d that came out on Oct. 25. Her comments were part of a discussion on how the Democrat Party has not done enough to win over Latino voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can at least say with Latino voters, we\u2019ve never tried as a party. The Democratic Party has not tried in terms of Latino electorates,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added,\u201d We really need to step up both in our efforts on campaign, but also in our efforts in governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an example, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/what-is-the-dream-act-and-what-would-it-do_2401825.html\">the Dream Act<\/a> has not been passed into law.<\/p>\n<p>The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/rep-steve-scalise-urges-republicans-to-vote-against-dream-act_3739315.html\">legislation<\/a> that would allow illegal immigrants, who came to the United States as minors, a chance to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually naturalized citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to criticize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-pardons-people-convicted-of-marijuana-possession_4779528.html\">Biden\u2019s pardon<\/a>, which has since drawn mixed responses from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd even recently with President Biden\u2019s marijuana executive order, I very much applaud that he went there, but he exempted people who were convicted if they were convicted while they were undocumented,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pardon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Biden announced the pardon on Oct. 6 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/10\/06\/granting-pardon-for-the-offense-of-simple-possession-of-marijuana\/\">proclamation<\/a> states that the pardon \u201cdoes not apply to individuals who were non-citizens not lawfully present in the United States at the time of their offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession,\u201d Biden wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1578097878094024712\">Twitter<\/a> after announcing the pardon. \u201cThere are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[N]o one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,\u201d Biden wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats applauded the president for his decision, including House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy pardoning those arrested for simple marijuana possession, and encouraging governors to follow suit, President Biden is advancing racial and economic justice: empowering more Americans to return to their loved ones, find a good-paying job and contribute to our communities,\u201d said Pelosi according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/10622-0\">statement<\/a> released on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Oct. 6, some Republicans took to Twitter to criticize the president over his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of a crime wave and on the brink of a recession, Joe Biden is giving blanket pardons to drug offenders\u2014many of whom pled down from more serious charges,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/1578116642969714688\">wrote<\/a> Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who serves on both the Senate Judiciary and Armed Services Committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership,\u201d Cotton added.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), who serves on the House Oversight and Reform, Education and Labor, and Budget Committees, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/1578138126991720448\">said<\/a> Biden \u201cis not only out-of-touch with the American people, he is making our communities less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of a historic crime crisis sweeping our nation, the Biden Administration\u2019s priority is to pardon thousands of criminals, releasing many of them back onto our streets,\u201d Grothman added.<\/p>\n<p>For the November midterm elections, about 34.5 million Latinos are eligible voters, making up 14.3 percent of all eligible voters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2022\/10\/12\/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2022\/\">according to<\/a> Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/sites\/default\/files\/ct\/news\/documents\/2022-10\/Axios%20Telemundo%20Topline%20W4%20102022.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) by Axios\/Ipsos found that 23 percent of Latino voters said they didn\u2019t know whom they would vote for in November, compared to 33 percent who said a Democrat candidate and 18 percent who said a GOP candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-seven percent of those polled cited inflation as their most worrying issue, followed by 36 percent who cited crime and 26 percent who cited immigration. Abortion or access to abortion was cited by just 12 percent of respondents.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-frank-fang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/16012286f4bb1eaf_ttl7dayTVf_WEB_FrankFang1.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Fang\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>journalist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers US, China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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