Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Border Conditions Are 'Barbaric and Wrong' but a 'Failure by Both Parties'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Youtube During avirtual town hallWednesday night, Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezslammed thepacked conditions at southern U.S. borderfacilities as “barbaric” and “inhumane.” The New York lawmaker, a leading progressive, spoke out about the influx of migrants at the border, where unaccompanied children have been arriving in larger numbers since around the time PresidentJoe Bidentook office. The country has seen an increase in migrants at the Mexican border before, including under bothBarack ObamaandDonald Trump, as a result of what experts say is a combination of factors.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Migrants Are Being Forced to Drink Out of Toilets at Border Facility

After a visit to two different immigrant detention facilities in Texas, CongresswomanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezdescribed what she says are “horrifying” conditions where women were being told to drink from toilets. In a tweet on Monday, Ocasio-Cortez said that the types of sinks available to detainees for water were attached to the tops of toilets. However, the sinks at the facility that she visited were not working, and she said that the women were told to drink directly from the toilet bowl instead.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Can't Afford to Move to D.C. Without a Congressional Salary

After becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress on Tuesday,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezhad a very real concern: how she was going to pay rent in Washington, D.C. Before beginning her campaign as a democratic socialist running for theHouse of Representatives, the New York City native — who turned 29 last month — worked as a bartender at a taqueria in N.Y.C. Shetold theNew York Timesthat while she saved money from that job and planned ahead with her partner, she was still admittedly concerned about finding housing, since during the transition, her salary won’t kick in for three months.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Does Miss the 'Anonymity' of Her Life Before Congress

Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezmade history in 2018 as theyoungest woman ever to win a seatin Congress, and in the year since she’s become one of the most famous Democratic politicians in the country — in no small part thanks to herviral social media postsandsharp questioningat House hearings.Even so, the sudden fame has been an adjustment.In a newNew Yorkmagazine profile, Ocasio-Cortez, now 30, says she’s missed the “anonymity” of a private life since shocking the political world and winning her primary and then general election.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Feared Some Police Might Reveal Her Location During Jan. 6 Riot

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezwasn’t one of them. The friend reportedly called an FBI tip line to report the officer for revealing information about the secure location where he helped lead lawmakers. Ocasio-Cortezresponded to a portion of the report on Twitteron Wednesday. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.ALBA VIGARAY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock “There were several reasons I refused to stay in the ‘secure location’ on the 6th. This was one of them,” she wrote.