Steve Inskeep

Many voters saw the administration as far too lax toward migrants who lacked legal status. Biden finally cracked down, but was replaced by Trump, who promised mass deportations. And that led us to a question in our interview with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. To what extent is immigration as an issue part of your problem with working class voters?

People voting for the other side and not for you, feeling that Democrats are not serious about the issue in ways that concern them.

People voting for the other side and not for you, feeling that Democrats are not serious about the issue in ways that concern them.

People voting for the other side and not for you, feeling that Democrats are not serious about the issue in ways that concern them.

Well, they do want to address undocumented people by removing them. I mean, that's what the president is attempting now.

Well, they do want to address undocumented people by removing them. I mean, that's what the president is attempting now.

Well, they do want to address undocumented people by removing them. I mean, that's what the president is attempting now.

And deport them.

And deport them.

And deport them.

Why do you think this issue did seem to be a political loser for Democrats among key groups and key constituencies, if what you say is true?

Why do you think this issue did seem to be a political loser for Democrats among key groups and key constituencies, if what you say is true?

Why do you think this issue did seem to be a political loser for Democrats among key groups and key constituencies, if what you say is true?

And you have voters in places like Arizona, which is a swing state that Democrats lost, or Colorado, which is generally a blue state, saying, there's a lot of chaos. There's a lot of lawlessness. I don't know what to do here. Who's looking out after me?

And you have voters in places like Arizona, which is a swing state that Democrats lost, or Colorado, which is generally a blue state, saying, there's a lot of chaos. There's a lot of lawlessness. I don't know what to do here. Who's looking out after me?

And you have voters in places like Arizona, which is a swing state that Democrats lost, or Colorado, which is generally a blue state, saying, there's a lot of chaos. There's a lot of lawlessness. I don't know what to do here. Who's looking out after me?

Since the election, many Democrats have said that they need a tougher approach to immigration. Ocasio-Cortez still argues that many people who are here without legal status should stay, and that led to a recent dispute with Tom Holman, the president's border czar. You held an online forum, a Know Your Rights forum, that he didn't like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?

Since the election, many Democrats have said that they need a tougher approach to immigration. Ocasio-Cortez still argues that many people who are here without legal status should stay, and that led to a recent dispute with Tom Holman, the president's border czar. You held an online forum, a Know Your Rights forum, that he didn't like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?

Since the election, many Democrats have said that they need a tougher approach to immigration. Ocasio-Cortez still argues that many people who are here without legal status should stay, and that led to a recent dispute with Tom Holman, the president's border czar. You held an online forum, a Know Your Rights forum, that he didn't like. What were you doing? What was your goal as you saw it?

Holman was upset, I suppose, because he felt that you were giving advice to people who were here illegally. Were you?