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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “In this bill, all you need to do is be accused of a crime…”

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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Now here's what Lake and Riley does actually, is that they use that guise to then dramatically erode constitutional rights in the United States tucked into that bill. No due process then for someone who is. So now In this bill, all you need to do is be accused of a crime and you don't have to be fully undocumented. It works against dreamers too. So you could be here, you could have lawful. You know, so they take a narrow. (43:30–43:39)

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Asserts that the bill allows deportation based on mere accusation of a crime, not just undocumented status.

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