Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, delivered a powerful speech on the House floor Wednesday, denouncing: passing of Laken Riley method.
“I want the American people to open their eyes wide and see what’s in this bill, just two days after President Trump granted unconditional pardons to the violent criminals who stormed the Capitol on January 6th. Because we’re standing here,” she said, referring to Donald. Trump’s blanket pardon More than 1,500 rebels participated.
“And they want you to believe, and they want us to believe, that these people are trying to keep criminals off the streets,” Ocasio-Cortez added.
Then she The most serious criticism of this billThis means that non-citizens risk losing their right to due process and simply allow immigration detention. accused of crime.
“So when a civilian POW camp opens in your town and they say, “I didn’t know this was going to happen,” know that they actually did and they voted for it. I want it,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“When there is a dreamer, disappeared Even from your classroom, when the President of the United States destroys what remains of the Constitution, as he has announced in his attack on birthright citizenship, they will all say, “We didn’t know this was going to happen.” she concluded. “And I want the American people to know that they did. This vote represents that.”
