POST MILLENNIAL
New York’s own Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrat lawmakers held a press conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan on Friday to address their plans for the illegal immigrant crisis and they were screamed at and shouted down by their constituents.
“Close the border,” some New Yorkers yelled, while another told AOC to “get out, you media whore!”
AOC tried to explain, amid the shouting and protest, that lawmakers are trying to address the illegal immigration problem by continuing to lessen the restrictions on those who illegally crossed the border and landed in New York. She wants asylum seekers to be able to get work authorization faster, as do her colleagues, and they are calling on the federal government to provide more aid.
Chaos at NYC event on migrant crisis pic.twitter.com/PrfsTnAXCL
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AOC was joined by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who spoke in glowing terms about those who have arrived in New York, saying that they are just looking for a “better life.” Espaillat said that illegal immigrants are fleeing “violence” and “environmental disasters.”
“I think these are folks who will take New York City to a better place,” Espaillat said.
“Every crisis presents great opportunity. There’s hope and opportunity in this building,” he said, referrencing the Roosevelt.
