Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday dared border czar Tom Homan to arrest her for what she claimed was legal advice she gave to migrants on how to avoid being deported.
Homan responded to the congresswoman’s taunt by saying he was already exploring her arrest with the U.S. Justice Department.
The dare came at a packed town hall in Queens after Homan previously suggested Ocasio-Cortez’s hosting of a “Know Your Rights” webinar in February impedes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from carrying out the Trump administration’s deportation of illegal aliens.
Ocasio-Cortez told a cheering audience, “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?'”
She added, there was “nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.”
The webinar recommended illegal aliens ask for warrants and deploy phones to record ICE searches. It provided tips on how to differentiate between different warrants authorities are likely to carry.
