Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sending a blunt warning to the Trump administration: if Democratic lawmakers are targeted with arrests, there will be serious consequences.
In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez directly called out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan, accusing them of abusing their power and threatening members of Congress.
“If anyone’s breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security,” she said. “It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem.”
Her comments came after a DHS spokesperson said that three House Democrats from New Jersey — Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez, and LaMonica McIver — could face arrest following a visit to Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark, last week.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested during that visit after refusing to leave the facility. ICE officials later accused the three Democratic lawmakers of pushing and shoving outside the detention center — an accusation Watson Coleman flatly denies.
With tensions rising, Ocasio-Cortez is drawing a red line.
“You lay a finger on someone, on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman … or any of the representatives that were there, you lay a finger on them, we are going to have a problem,” she warned. “Because the people who are breaking the law are the people not abiding by it.”
Delaney Hall has become a flashpoint in the immigration fight. The Trump administration claims it’s a vital location for detaining dangerous undocumented immigrants. But local officials, including Baraka, say the facility is being used illegally and without proper permits.
For Ocasio-Cortez, the issue is bigger than one visit — it’s about protecting democratic institutions from what she sees as a growing abuse of power.
“They’re using public intimidation to silence oversight,” she said.
Watch the video below via YouTube:
