AOC taunts Tom Homan after DOJ referral threat over deportations: Come for me, do I look like I care?

“Squad” Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dared border czar Tom Homan to haul her to court on Friday,  months after he threatened her with prosecution for trying to impede President Trump’s mass deportations.“Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’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?” the Bronx and Queens Democrat told attendees at a jam-packed town hall in Jackson Heights, Queens. There’s “nothing illegal about it — and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me,” she declared.In February, AOC hosted a webinar and shared a “Know Your Rights” pamphlet with her more than 12 million followers on X to give illegal immigrants tips to evade the feds.Homan told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” in an interview that month he had been “working with the Department of Justice and finding out” who was seeking to block deportations.“Maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now,” he cautioned, noting that immigration authorities are looking out for those who “cross” the line into abetting illegal aliens unlawfully present in the US.“Do Not Open Your Door,” the “AOC”-branded pamphlet advised about how to deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.“ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge,” it stated.Immigrant Defense Project lawyer Genia Blaser added on the webinar: “ICE raids are political tactics, and they’re often intended to create fear.”“We see how ICE often uses rhetoric to criminalize immigrants, to normalize their tactics and justify what they’re doing,” she added, describing encounters between migrants and ICE as “often very aggressive.”  Those who joined the livestream were instructed to ask for warrants if the authorities came knocking and given details about various warrants used in removal proceedings.“What she needs to do is...