Overview
- At the Feb. 5 event in Queens, Ocasio-Cortez said her office will host legal observer teach-ins to train residents to film and log ICE operations from public spaces.
- She told constituents she secured roughly $14.2 million for NY-14 projects, including $2 million for ADA upgrades at the N/W Broadway station and $100,000 for Elmcor youth violence interruption.
- Ocasio-Cortez urged immigrant families to prepare safety plans, seek legal counsel in advance, and file DHS privacy releases so her office can intervene on cases.
- She said she voted against the two-week DHS funding measure and called for shutting down the department and abolishing ICE following recent fatal encounters in Minneapolis.
- Border advisor Tom Homan criticized the trainings and said he is consulting the Justice Department about potential obstruction, while DHS continues under a short-term funding extension.