Ocasio-Cortez Warns: Trump Admin Will Have a ‘Problem’ if More Democrats Arrested

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has cautioned the Trump administration that they will encounter trouble if they continue to arrest more Democrats. The congresswoman issued her warning in an Instagram video posted on Sunday following the recent arrests of three Democrat New Jersey House members — Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez, and LaMonica McIver — during a visit to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. AOC accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of engaging in “public intimidation.”

“If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it is not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security,” she expressed. “It’s individuals like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem.”

“If you lay a hand on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman… or any of the representatives present, we will have an issue,” she warned. “Because those who are breaking the law are the ones not following it.”

According to ICE officials, the Democrat officials, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, were involved in pushing and shoving among protesters at the Delaney Hall detention center last week. The Hill reported that Delaney Hall has become a point of contention in New Jersey, with Trump administration officials claiming the facility is vital in detaining violent immigrants in the country illegally. However, Baraka and other local officials argued that the administration has not obtained proper permits to house migrants at the facility.

Democrat officials have refuted the allegations, with Rep. Watson Coleman (D-NJ) stating on MSNBC that Trump had “weaponized law enforcement.”