Border Czar Tom Homan announced that he has officially opened a federal investigation into Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over allegations that she employed an undocumented immigrant on her staff and assisted other illegal aliens in evading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.The Trump administration is investigating Ocasio-Cortez for two alleged offenses: employing an undocumented immigrant who subsequently assisted another individual in evading ICE. In an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Homan stated that he has instructed the agency to pursue legal action against her.“It’s being looked at (AOC employing illegal alien), can’t comment past that. I’m aware of it, we’ve asked ICE to drill in on that case,” Homan said. “As far as her educating people how to evade ICE arrests, she’s really educating them on how to avoid prosecution. Because there are statutes on the books when you knowingly hinder your removal, that’s a crime.”Johnson questioned how an undocumented immigrant could have secured employment in Congress and potentially gained access to classified information.
“It is not possible,” Homan stressed, emphasizing that the congresswoman will be held accountable if such claims are accurate
In March, Diego de la Vega voluntarily left the U.S. amid intensified deportation efforts by the Trump administration, citing concerns for his safety. He became politically active in 2010 when he supported the DREAM Act, legislation that sought to create a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.
Although the bill narrowly failed in the Senate by five votes, de la Vega, despite his undocumented status, worked as a “special assistant” to former Harlem Assemblymember Robert J. Rodriguez and interned for Representative Carolyn Maloney (D), the report added
In 2022, de la Vega was appointed Deputy Communications Director by Ocasio-Cortez. In an interview with Migrant Insider, AOC praised him, saying, “Diego is amazing.”
Homan sent an email to the deputy attorney general requesting an investigation into Ocasio-Cortez.
That came shortly after reports emerged that the New York Democrat was hosting seminars teaching undocumented immigrants how to avoid ICE enforcement.
Following Homan’s email to the DOJ, AOC revealed that the Trump administration had yet to answer her requests about whether she is under federal investigation.
“I’ve asked them, they haven’t responded to me,” Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News. “But you know, I was once again fully using the First Amendment to inform people of their constitutional rights. They say a lot of things, but I’ve written a formal letter, and they won’t respond.”
The congresswoman organized a “Know Your Rights” webinar earlier this year, in which lawyers advised illegal immigrants on how to respond to interactions with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities.
The internet forum, held in both English and Spanish, provided legal advice and distributed papers, including one declaring that immigrants “do not have to open the door” for ICE officials unless they had a judge-signed warrant.
Ocasio-Cortez’s office also supplied information on how to receive pro bono legal assistance and urged undocumented people to sign privacy release forms, which would allow her office to interfere in deportation proceedings.
Ocasio-Cortez has forcefully denied any allegations that her actions were inappropriate, labeling the prospect of a federal inquiry “politically motivated.”
Ocasio-Cortez is also under fire as her district has decayed into a crime-ridden cesspool, and voters are furious with her.
Since she was first elected in 2019, major crime has risen by a staggering 70 percent in her Bronx/Queens district.
“The 110th Precinct in Queens, which covers part of the infamous ‘Market of Sweethearts’ human-trafficking and prostitution mecca on Roosevelt Avenue, saw a 105% surge, the highest increase of any NYC precinct in that period,” The Post said in its report.
“Major crimes consist of murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft,” the outlet continued.
The 115th precinct, which is also in the representative’s district, saw a whopping increase of 85 percent in major crimes, and her constituents are frustrated with their celebrity representative.
“She’s not doing s–t. She doesn’t live in the neighborhood, she doesn’t care,” Elmhurst resident Guadelupe Alvarez, a former supporter of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, said.
The Democratic Party’s Senate conference is currently at odds after Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) erupted into a tirade against a number of his colleagues over what he referred to as support for the Trump Administration.
Booker has argued that support for the legislation is part of a “poison pill” aligned with President Donald Trump’s policies, including tax cuts. The New Jersey lawmaker also argued that it will lead to cuts to social programs and disproportionate spending on police resources between blue and red states.
“The Democratic Party needs a wake-up call. I see law firms bending a knee to this president, not caring about the larger principles, that those free speech rights that you can take on any client, why are you bending the knee? I see universities that should be bastions of free speech bending at the knee to this president. I see businesses taking late-night talk show hosts off the air because they dare to insult a president,” Booker ranted on the Senate floor.
He then took aim at his Democrat colleagues in a move that has fiercely divided the conference, according to reports.
“And what are the very people here elected to defend the Constitution of the United States saying, ‘oh well today let’s look the other way and pass some resources’ that won’t go to Connecticut, that won’t go to Illinois, that won’t go to New York, that will go to the states he likes. That is complicity with an authoritarian leader who is trashing our Constitution. It’s time for Democrats to have a backbone. It’s time for us to fight. It’s time for us to draw lines,” Booker continued.
He went on to state that Democrats “deserve to lose” if they continue on their current path. “When are we going to stand together for principles that I just heard that were agreed with? When are we going to stand together? If we don’t stand as Democrats, we deserve to lose.”
According to a report from Punchbowl News, Booker delivered even more forceful remarks against his colleagues behind closed doors. “There’s a lot of us in this caucus that want to F***ING fight! And what’s bothering me right now is we don’t see enough fight in this caucus,” the senator reportedly said.
He accused Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) of “enabling Donald Trump to do a broadside attack on my state,” suggesting they were complicit in allowing Trump’s policies to harm blue states.
According to Punchbowl News reporter Max Cohen, Booker was “heated” when he exited the Senate floor. “The Democratic Party was about to give Donald Trump tens of millions of dollars when he has already told the Democratic Party, ‘I’m not gonna let blue states have this,’” Booker told the outlet.
“Booker: “They were about to be complicit to the very things they say out of another side of their mouth that they object to. Democrats need to learn to fight and fight [Trump] and stop him from hurting people. In this case, he would have hurt police officers in half the states”
The report comes as Senate Democrats remain divided on their best strategy to regain control of the chamber ahead of a very unfavorable map in 2028. Of the three toss-up seats identified by Cook Political Report, two are held by Democrats (Michigan, Georgia), while the party will also be facing an uphill battle to flip the seat in North Carolina following the retirement of Thom Tillis.
Seats in Minnesota and New Hampshire, both of which are held by retiring Democrats, also received a “lean D” rating from Cook, while only the seat held by Susan Collins (R-ME) received a “lean R” grade. The rest of seats up for grabs strongly lead towards one party or the other.