Fox News: AOC asks NPR host to clarify the 'problem' when he asks about migrant crisis concerning voters

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AOC asks NPR host to clarify the 'problem' when he asks about migrant crisis concerning voters

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned the phrasing when asked about the ongoing migrant crisis, saying Republicans are to blame for whatever issues exist.......                    ...                        ...Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argued that if there is a problem with mass illegal immigration, Republicans are the ones to blame.......As Democrats continue to reel from the November election loss to now-President Donald Trump, some have argued the party needs a fresh approach to the migrant crisis plaguing the southern border. Others, like AOC, have urged citizens to find ways to resist the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to deport illegal immigrants.......National Public Radio host Steve Inskeep spoke to the congresswoman, who won office initially during Trump's first term, about where she and her party stand now. ......"To what extent is immigration, as an issue, part of your problem with working-class voters?" he asked......."I guess my question would be, what does the word 'problem' mean?" Ocasio-Cortez replied.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"People voting for the other side and not for you," Inskeep clarified......."I think that we have a problem on immigration because of the lack of progress that we've had on this issue, and as we know, Republicans weaponize that lack of progress," AOC replied. She then referred to the purportedly bipartisan bill that Republicans have argued was "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"It is a problem not just for Democrats, it's a problem for the entire country that Republicans do not want to solve," Ocasio-Cortez argued.......She appeared to echo the argument that one of the best ways to curb illegal immigration is to make You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login such as by granting citizenship to illegal immigrants, saying, "They are completely uninterested in addressing undocumented people, in addressing a path to citizenship-"......"Well they do want to address undocumented people by removing them, I mean that's what the president is attempting now," Inskeep interjected.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Ocasio-Cortez argued that Republican legislation such as the Laken Riley Act guts due process, and that Republicans lack the very infrastructure they need to effectively deport people......."So they are actually creating-it's not even about creating a deportation pipeline, they are creating a private prison camp pipeline, so they are still creating pipelines to just increase this problem here in the United States," she said.......Inskeep then asked the congresswoman why this issue continues to be a "political loser" for Democrats "if what you say is true."......"I think that a lack of a path to citizenship in the United States, the lack of addressing comprehensive immigration reform creates a large population of undocumented people in the United States and that is allowed to be weaponized in many ways," AOC replied. ......"We have a large population of undocumented people in the US. Overwhelmingly, it is not because they crossed the southern border of the United States," she continued. "It's because they came here in a documented fashion and overstayed a visa and became undocumented. And it is the lack of ability for us to expand a path to citizenship, modernize paths to citizenship over decades that create this bubbling issue that Republicans are allowed to weaponize."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login...

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