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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

AOC says she’s disappointed in dozens of Democrats who helped Nancy Mace’s immigration bill pass House

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lamented that 61 Democrats voted to pass legislation authored by House Republicans that would deport undocumented immigrants convicted of sex crimes.

On Thursday, the House passed HR 30, also known as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, which Republican Nancy Mace of South Carolina sponsored. The law would make it so that any non-U.S. citizens who are convicted of or admitted to committing sex crimes would be deportable and unable to come back to the United States.

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