NYC protesters drown out AOC at press conference on migrant surge: 'Send them back!'

Protesters in New York City loudly demonstrated at a press conference in which New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to address the migrant surge to the Big Apple, with many repetitively demanding the repatriation of the new arrivals.

New York City, a sanctuary city, has struggled to contend with the arrival of tens of thousands of illegal migrants, some of whom Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot has bussed there to highlight the Biden administration's lax approach to border enforcement.

More than 110,000 migrants have arrived in the city over the past year. Of those, Texas has only directly sent about 13,000. More than six million migrants have illegally entered the country under the Biden administration. NYC Mayor Eric Adams has largely blamed both the federal government and the Texas governor for the situation and has warned that "[t]his issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New York City."

Video footage of the presser showed Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats attempting to address the issue, though protesters largely drowned them out.

"Send them back!" many called in reference to the migrants.

New York Protesters tell AOC to send back migrants who entered the United States illegally, chant, 'send them back', 'send them back'. WATCH pic.twitter.com/n4vJ6ItA0C

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) September 15, 2023

 "Close the border!" shouted others.

Wow! New Yorkers are MAD at their failed Democrat leaders.

AOC gets shouted down by protestors angry over illegal immigrant crisis ravaging the city:

“Close the border!!”pic.twitter.com/yvMWMGivml

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 15, 2023

 "Close the freaking border!" others shouted over Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler.

BREAKING: @RepJerryNadler, @AOC and other democratic congress members' press conference in New York over illegal immigration turns chaotic with people shouting "close the freaking border" and pro-immigrant groups shouting back, saying everyone in the US came from another… pic.twitter.com/DNpEAoO9id

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) September 15, 2023

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