AOC has laid out her four-point plan for immigration and it includes the Green New Deal that costs 93 trillion dollars and that’s just one point out of four. She wants to give even more money to Central American countries.
That’s a plan that’s been tried for years and has failed every time. Her second point is to implement the Green New Deal, perpetuating the absurd theory put forth by liberals that global warming is responsible for massive immigration and not the Democrats open border policies. Point three is decriminalizing illegal immigration. Yeah, that won’t open the flood gates.
And finally, the fourth point is to invest a huge sum of money to fix our economy. The economy is booming. What she means is to redistribute wealth.
Next, Ocasio-Cortez — echoing presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke — demands action on climate change and the implementation of her “Green New Deal,” which she says will reduce the flow of “refugees.”
Following that, Ocasio-Cortez calls for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, making illegal immigration a “civil” matter.
A thread of some of the policy approaches we should consider wrt immigration:
1. Foreign policy: Reinstate US humanitarian aid in the Northern Triangle, where people are fleeing. US should start acting like a real partner in Latin America,& increase visas where we intervene.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019
2. Climate change: There is broad consensus from military to activists that resource strains (droughts, famine, etc) & nat disasters are drivers of refugees.
People are fleeing places that were once livable &are no longer. It will get worse the longer we do nothing #GreenNewDeal
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019
3. Border policy: As @JulianCastro mentioned in the #DemDebate, it’s time to repeal Section 1325 & 1326, the statutes this admin is using to mindlessly throw people in cages.
We have to take these proceedings out of criminal code & into civil code. Torture accomplishes nothing.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019
4. Econ: We need large-scale public investment to spur job creation for citizens&immigrants alike. Ideally that investment transitions us to a sustainable economy (climate & income-wise). We are overdue to rebuild American infra&it’s going to take ALL of us & immigrants to do it.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez’s plan does not include any provision for additional border security; for fighting Mexican cartels that smuggle people across the border; or for protecting women and children from sexual assault, violence, or trafficking.