AOC Calls for Firing of Border Patrol Agents for “Working With SPLC-Designated Hate Groups”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D‑N.Y., suggested Tuesday that Border Patrol agents should be fired for working with organizations that the Southern Poverty Law Center brands “hate groups.” 

Ocasio-Cortez asked John Modlin, Tucson sector chief for the Border Patrol, if he knew that members of a militia group that the SPLC brands a “hate group” had “regular contact” with agents in his sector.

“Are you aware of the militia group known as Veterans on Patrol?” she asked. Modlin replied, “Yes.”

“And are you aware that this organization is a designated hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center?” she asked. He again said, “Yes.”

Ocasio-Cortez asked whether Modlin knew that Border Patrol agents “have had regular contact and, according to this report, seem to have received assistance from this organization?”

Modlin noted that “assistance” can mean a variety of things.

“If someone calls and says there’s illegal activity on the border, the …