Ocasio-Cortez calls out Musk for unfounded immigration claim

Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) Knocked Elon Musk The South African-born billionaire spoke out on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) after he repeated false claims that the Democratic Party was trying to “import voters.”

In response to Musk’s claims, Ocasio-Cortez posted, “You are literally an immigrant,” and a Daily Caller article claiming the Biden administration is considering “giving green cards to illegal immigrants.” I agreed with the repost.

Mr. Musk’s claims are completely false. Daily Caller Headline It is a reinterpretation of Politico report The Biden administration has claimed it is considering expanding deportation cancellations for certain illegal immigrants.

Deportation revocation is a Department of Justice process that allows eligible undocumented immigrants to obtain permanent resident status through the express approval of an immigration judge. According to the Department of Justice, about 4,000 people are granted deexpungements each year.

The Politico report also detailed a range of restrictive measures that administration officials are considering, including asylum restrictions, but the main crux of the story is that no announcements have been made and no announcements are imminent. It was a fact that was not expected.

White House officials have repeatedly warned that reports of actions the administration is considering do not indicate that action is imminent, but rather that officials are constantly considering available options. I’ve been doing it.

President Biden and his administration officials have argued that the Senate’s bipartisan agreement on border policy is the administration’s Plan A and that without action from Congress, there is no set plan B.

“You know, what we tried to do was work together in the Senate to pass bipartisan legislation. ”, which resulted in failure. That’s unfortunate,” White House senior adviser Tom Perez told The Hill on Tuesday.

“What the president is trying to do now is evaluate his options and understand that it’s not in Joe Biden’s best interest. It’s in the American people’s best interest and an effective immigration system.” That’s going to be his north star. That’s his north star in bipartisan negotiations, that’s his north star when he introduced comprehensive immigration reform. If we do something. That would be the North Star right now as we consider what we would do if we had one, but obviously no decisions have been made. [yet]”