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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Existing U.S. law states that if you are undocumented and…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party The Weekly Show.

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And, well, I mean, I think there are individual cases where. I'm not sure. But this is what the right does. They exploit these, like, very narrow individual cases. But the Existing U.S. law states that if you are undocumented and commit a crime, you are priority number one for deportation. That is standing U.S. law. And it's not like we don't deport a lot of people. Even in Democratic administrations. We deport a ton. (42:42–43:08)

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Asserts that current U.S. law prioritizes deportation for undocumented individuals who commit crimes.

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