New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a noted critic of US immigration policy, has not visited the southern border since President Biden took office.
'The Five' co-hosts discuss Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., calling out Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an Independent.has yet to visit the southern border since President Biden took office, despite making a high-profile trip during the Trump administration.
The democratic socialist generated headlines with a 2019 border visit in which she was photographed crying at a fence outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas. But she hasn't made any similar trips under Biden, despite the historic border crisis under his watch. Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office to confirm that the congresswoman hasn't made a border trip since Biden took office and asking why she has not. The New York Democrat’s office did not respond.
Ocasio-Cortez has frequently pushed Democratic narratives about the border and border officials, such as the debunked claim that Border Patrol agentsThe southern border under Biden has become a verifiable disaster zone with 2.3 million illegal migrants crossing the border illegally this fiscal year alone.
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