Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday asked voters to question why U.S. politicians and pundits only consider the cost of government programs when those programs help the public and least fortunate—and ignore price tags on policies that benefit the most wealthy and powerful.

“Look out for those in politics who like to label themselves ‘fiscally responsible,’ yet only seem to care about the price of justice—not the cost of oppression.”
—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The New York Democrat made the comments on Twitter, pointing out that members of Congress approved billions in funding for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

“I see decisions made every day that cost the American public billions of dollars a year for bogus reasons and nobody asks how we pay for it,” said Ocasio-Cortez.

Even though her colleagues know about ICE abuses, said Ocasio-Cortez, they voted for funding the agency without a thought.

“I saw members voting YES without even a summary of the bill,” said the congresswoman. “Nobody cared then how we’d pay for it. Now ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students.”

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Reporting Wednesday exposed how ICE used a fake university in Michigan to entrap over 250 undocumented students since January.

Reporting from The Detroit Free Press indicated that the dummy school was set up solely to lure students to the U.S. and then deport them:

New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali tweeted that appeals to fiscal responsibility in government programs is a losing strategy for Democrats.

“Bringing a calculator to a knife fight each time and losing,” said Ali.

Ocasio-Cortez suggested it was a question of morality.

“Look out for those in politics who like to label themselves ‘fiscally responsible,’ yet only seem to care about the price of justice—not the cost of oppression,” said the congresswoman. “Everything has a price. And an unjust society is far costlier than one that invests in and values all people.”