Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Scolds Biden For Allowing Construction Of Border Wall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday denounced the Biden Administration’s move to allow more construction of the Mexican border wall, calling it “cruel.” “A wall does nothing to deter people who are fleeing poverty and violence from coming to the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement she shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Walls only serve to push migrants into more remote areas, increasing their chances of death. It is a cruel policy.” The progressive lawmaker also took issue with President Joe Biden’s claim that the funds for...