AOC, Progressive Colleagues Argue ‘Aggravated Felonies’ Label Punishes ‘Asylum Seekers’

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 34 of her progressive colleagues sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tae Johnson calling on ICE to change their “carceral approach” to the immigration crisis.

According to the May 14 letter, illegal aliens are being “further criminalize[d] and dehumanize[d]” when they are forced to rely “on the discriminatory criminal legal system.”