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AOC tells voters worried about grocery prices to just 'wait until the farms are empty' from deportations
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., commented on the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration on the “Latino USA" podcast Sunday.
As more raids are conducted throughout the country, Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the danger of losing illegal immigrants as "assets" to the United States economy. Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
"But let’s be clear, the people who are voting in this way oftentimes don’t respond to a case of compassion and humanity," Ocasio-Cortez said on the "Latino USA" podcast on Sunday. "And so, if you want to be hard-nosed about it, understand that America’s immigration force and our community of immigrants, including and especially the millions of undocumented people in this country, are why America has prospered, especially why we survived the COVID-19 pandemic."