American Greatness
By Ray McCoy
Now reelected to her third term, could Ocasio-Cortez have graduated from the work of advocating on behalf of illegal immigrants to now employing them?
In March 2019, the most well-known member of Congress was also one of its newest: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). She had not yet been elected officially when, in October 2018, she was featured in glowing articles for the posh lifestyle magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair. Representing a district straddling parts of the Bronx and Queens, AOC is now well-known for her impassioned rants both from the House floor and from her Instagram feed, where she pontificates from her tony D.C. condo on behalf of illegal immigrants (such as DACA applicants and ICE detainees) and the fight for a $15 minimum wage.
Her antics have earned her admiration from supporters, but she has also earned the mockery of her opponents, notably after she was pictured crying against a chain link fence outside an ICE facility, out of sight of the detainees. Now reelected to her third term, could Ocasio-Cortez have graduated from the work of advocating on behalf of illegal immigrants to now employing them?
According to Laura Bejder Jensen, a Danish graduate student in journalism writing for the Columbia School of Journalism’s online news website and The Good Men Project, a media outlet affiliated with Salon, that might be the case.
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