Homan rejects AOC critique, argues Trump admin higher at defending New Yorkers

[ad_1] Border czar Tom Homan brushed apart a warning Thursday from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over the attainable arrest of Democratic lawmakers for an ICE protest conflict.

Three New Jersey Democratic members of Congress – Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Robert Menendez and LaMonica McIver – had been accused of storming a Newark ICE facility on Friday, together with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested and charged with trespassing.

Whereas the Division of Homeland Safety is contemplating arresting the Democratic lawmakers, Ocasio-Cortez warned towards there being any penalties for them.

In a video revealed on Instagram Saturday, she mentioned, "You lay a finger on somebody – on Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the representatives that had been there – you lay a finger on them, we’re going to have an issue."

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Border czar Tom Homan shrugged off criticism from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez. (CNN)

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"If anybody's breaking the regulation on this scenario, it isn't members of Congress. It is the Division of Homeland Safety. It is folks like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem," Ocasio-Cortez added.

Homan was requested in regards to the video throughout an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday, the place he disregarded her feedback.

"To start with, you possibly can’t intimidate me. Come on. Give me a break," Homan replied.

"I used to be carrying a inexperienced uniform, Border Patrol agent for 5 years earlier than she was even born. I had greater than three a long time imposing immigration regulation earlier than she turned a member of Congress," he mentioned. "I labored for six presidents. I‘ve seen insurance policies. I‘ve seen a whole lot of insurance policies. Some labored, some didn‘t. However you possibly can‘t deny the success of the Trump administration in the case of border safety. Once more, essentially the most safe border within the historical past of this nation."

The border czar then made a distinction between disliking ICE and refusing to cooperate with them.

"I’ve mentioned from day one, and he or she is aware of this: You cannot assist ICE. Disgrace on you. You possibly can assist sanctuary cities. Disgrace on you. However you possibly can‘t cross the road," he mentioned. "You possibly can‘t knowingly impede ICE regulation enforcement officers. That could be a felony. You possibly can‘t harbor and conceal, knowingly harbor and conceal unlawful aliens from ICE. That could be a felony. And also you actually can‘t commit legal trespass."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talking at a city corridor in Queens, left, and Tom Homan. (David Dee Delgado/Getty, Jim WATSON / AFP, proper. Photos, left, )

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Homan then slammed Ocasio-Cortez, arguing the Trump administration serves her constituents higher than she does.

"You recognize, and so far as New York, her district, this administration has accomplished extra to guard her district than she has," he argued. "The variety of legal aliens we took off the streets of New York made her group a lot safer. She should be thanking the members of this administration, the women and men of ICE, who defend this nation and make her group safer."

He concluded, "So, , it‘s politics over public security. It‘s simply ridiculous. She ought to like her group greater than she hates Trump, as a result of we‘re doing loads to guard her group."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the NYCLU's Could Day rally for employees' and immigrants' rights at Foley Sq., Thursday, Could 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Angelina Katsanis)

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Homan has disregarded AOC's criticism earlier than, saying, "I want she'd do her job. She's a legislator, proper? Why doesn’t she cross some laws… and really enhance this nation like President Donald Trump is already doing?"