Ocasio-Cortez on border tensions: Applying for refugee status isn't a crime
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that it's not a crime to seek refugee status, a comment that comes as tensions mount over a band of Central American migrants reaching the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isnt a crime," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
"It wasnt for Jewish families fleeing Germany. It wasnt for targeted families fleeing Rwanda. It wasnt for communities fleeing war-torn Syria. And it isnt for those fleeing violence in Central America."
Ocasio-Cortez's tweet quoted a separate one from NBC News that featured a photograph of migrants running from a border crossing after U.S. border agents fired tear gas.
https://thehill.com/latino/418167-ocasio-cortez-on-border-tensions-applying-for-refugee-status-isnt-a-crime