Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) jabbed President Joe Biden on Thursday over his consideration of issuing an executive order that would make it harder for immigrants to seek asylum at the southern border. The order would close the border daily after 8,500 crossings.
“Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on X in response to Biden’s potential executive action. “Seeking asylum is a legal right of all people.
“In the face of authoritarian threat, we should not buckle on our principles – we should commit to them,” she added. “The mere suggestion is outrageous and the President should refuse to sign it.”
Considerations of the executive order surfaced in reports Wednesday. Sources close to the deliberations told
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