{"id":2430567,"date":"2025-05-03T16:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-tells-trump-border-czar-come-for-me-over-her-support-for-illegal-immigrants-at-fiery-town-hall-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T20:47:17","slug":"aoc-tells-trump-border-czar-come-for-me-over-her-support-for-illegal-immigrants-at-fiery-town-hall-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-tells-trump-border-czar-come-for-me-over-her-support-for-illegal-immigrants-at-fiery-town-hall-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC tells Trump border czar \u2018come for me\u2019 over her support for illegal immigrants at fiery town hall &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">42<\/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-tells-trump-border-czar-come-for-me-over-her-support-for-illegal-immigrants-at-fiery-town-hall-washington-examiner%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=2430567&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent town hall meeting<\/a> in Queens, new York, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) vocally defended her support for illegal immigrants against the Trump management&#8217;s policies. Responding to a warning from Tom Homan, the Trump administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-gov-changes-site-to-read-biden-harris-white-house\/\" title=\"Wh.gov changes site to read Biden-Harris White House\">border czar<\/a>, who suggested that her actions could be illegal, Ocasio-Cortez challenged him, declaring, &#8220;Come for me, do I look like I care?&#8221; She asserted that her &#8220;No Your Rights&#8221; webinar aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-calls-for-ilhan-omar-to-be-deported-after-viral-clip-shows-her-attempting-to-thwart-ice\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Calls for Ilhan Omar to Be Deported After Viral Clip Shows Her Attempting to Th...t ICE\">advising undocumented immigrants<\/a> about their constitutional protections was legal. Ocasio-Cortez is currently on a &#8220;Fight Oligarchy&#8221; tour with Senator Bernie Sanders to counter President Trump&#8217;s influence. During the event, a protester interrupted her with demands regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, leading to a tense moment as the crowd responded negatively to the disruption. Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s activism continues to draw both support and criticism within her constituency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC tells Trump border czar &lsquo;come for me&rsquo; over her support for illegal immigrants at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-bashes-jokers-in-congress-for-celebrating-avoiding-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Christie bashes &#039;jokers&#039; in Congress for celebrating avoiding a government shutdown\">fiery town hall<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2112447\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) held a town hall in her New York congressional district where she pushed back on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&lsquo;s crackdown on illegal immigration, challenging the administration&rsquo;s border czar to &ldquo;come for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s fiery town hall in Queens included her response to Trump border czar Tom Homan&rsquo;s warning to people attempting to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/june-shatters-old-record-with-more-than-207k-arrests-at-bidens-open-border\/\" title=\"June Shatters Old Record With More Than 207K Arrests At Biden\u2019s Open Border\">illegal immigrants avoid deportation<\/a>. Homan had suggested that actions, such as the &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; Democrat&rsquo;s &ldquo;Know Your Rights&rdquo; webinar earlier this year, may be illegal and could lead to referral to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3399756\/mtg-post-trump-administration-congress-losing-the-base\/\">MTG lashes out at Trump administration, Congress for &#8216;losing the base&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3398545\/four-factions-mike-johnson-must-please-pass-trump-budget-megabill\/\">The four factions Speaker Johnson must please to pass Trump&#8217;s budget megabill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3396069\/congressional-democrats-response-tariffs-trump-mixed\/\">Trump tariff rollout flummoxes congressional Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Tom Homan&nbsp;said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I&rsquo;m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me, do I look like I care?&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said at the Friday town hall.<\/p>\n<p>In her defense of the webinar, she added that there was &ldquo;nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez has been on a nationwide &ldquo;Fight Oligarchy&rdquo; tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as they aim to counter President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> early in his second term. Despite her popularity within the party, particularly among progressives, and ability to attract crowds outside her district, she still received some pushback at her own Friday event.<\/p>\n<p>A protester interrupted Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s town hall demanding answers about the war between <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a> and Israel in Gaza, calling it a &ldquo;genocide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am a&nbsp;healthcare worker&nbsp;and I want to know what you&rsquo;re doing about the genocide in Gaza!&rdquo; the woman yelled at Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd began booing the protester and yelled &ldquo;shame&rdquo; at her while the New York congresswoman tried to calm her down. The protester then continued yelling about Gaza and calling Ocasio-Cortez a &ldquo;liar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3398496\/bernie-sanders-chuck-schumer-democrats-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SANDERS REBUFFS SCHUMER&rsquo;S CLAIM THAT DEMOCRATS ARE &lsquo;TOTALLY UNITED,&rsquo; WIDENS SPLIT WITH PARTY ESTABLISHMENT\">SANDERS REBUFFS SCHUMER&rsquo;S CLAIM THAT DEMOCRATS ARE &lsquo;TOTALLY UNITED,&rsquo; WIDENS SPLIT WITH PARTY ESTABLISHMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re a war criminal. War criminal. 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