AOC and Ilhan Omar condemn Joe Biden’s border ‘betrayal’ executive order and insist it should be easier for mi Daily Mail
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By Katelyn Caralle, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com In Washington, Dc
Published: 10:27 EDT, 5 June 2024 | Updated: 10:49 EDT, 5 June 2024
ProgressivesquadmembersarenothappythatJoeBidenistakingapageoutofDonaldTrump’splaybookinhisexecutiveorderaddressingtheillegalimmigrationcrisis.
Rep.IlhanOmar(D-Minn.)calledtheordera‘betrayal’ofAmericanidealsandReps.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez(D-N.Y.)andPramilaJayapal(D-Wash.)lamentedthattheactiondidnotincludemakingiteasierformigrantstomoreeasilyandquicklyobtaindocumentedstatus.
OnTuesday,Bidenannouncedafterthree-and-a-half-yearsofpressurefromRepublicansexecutiveactionthatlimitsthenumberofmigrantswhocanarriveattheborderandclaimasylumonceitexceeds2,500crossingsperday.
TheauthoritythepresidentisusingtoenacttheorderisthesameusedbyformerPresidentTrumpwhenhewasputtingbansonthosewhocouldcrossintotheU.S.viathesouthernbordertoquell