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Sunday, new member of the Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has published a tweet stressing that seeking refugee status is "not a crime".
"Asking to be considered a refugee and claiming refugee status is not a crime," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez.
She then compared the situation of border migrants with Jews fleeing from Germany and targeted families in Rwanda.
She wrote:
It was not for Jewish families fleeing Germany.
It was not for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.
It was not for communities fleeing a war-torn Syria.
And it's not for those fleeing violence in Central America
The Ocasio-Cortez tweet appears to be a response to reports of the tear gas deployment at the US border on Sunday. She also quoted a report by NBC News showing a migrant family on the run in the same tweet.
Asking to be considered a refugee and seeking status is not a crime.
It was not for Jewish families fleeing Germany.
It was not for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.
It was not for communities fleeing a war-torn Syria.
And it's not for those fleeing violence in Central America. https://t.co/qhv7Rr1itn– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ Ocasio2018) November 25, 2018
Tear gas was reportedly fired by US border agents after migrants attempted to cross the border wall. The breeze carried tear gas forcing mothers and children – also in the crowd – to run.
The border was closed for part of Sunday but has now been reopened to pedestrian traffic.
Mexico plans to send back the people involved in the takeover of the border.
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