All posts tagged "The Squad"

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is in hot water with the progressive wing of his party over his new, tough-on-migrant border policy.

"I think it's a profound disappointment," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told Raw Story after voting on the House floor Wednesday.

Biden’s new executive order will force asylum seekers to be turned back at the border whenever the seven-day average for migrant encounters — an unscientific measurement that sometimes double or triple counts asylum seekers — tops 2,500 between entry points. ...

WASHINGTON — “The Squad” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) tight knit band of progressive rabble-rousers — is still making headlines.

But lately, it’s for all the wrong reasons.

After a string of scandals, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) are both facing AIPAC-backed primary challengers this year. Bowman’s troubles include pleading guilty to pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol, over which House Republicans censured him. Bush, meanwhile, is under investigation by the FBI for paying her husband for security services....