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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) further critiqued the ICE amendment to the Bipartisan Background Checks Act on Saturday morning, referring to a CNN report about detained children being held down for forcible injections. 

Details: The amendment proposed by House Republicans forces the NICS background check database to notify ICE if an undocumented immigrant attempts to buy a firearm. 

Go deeper: House passes bill for universal background checks

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez critiques ICE amendment in bipartisan gun law

The amendment forces the NICS to notify ICE if an undocumented immigrant attempts to buy a firearm.

In this image, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits and listens to Cohen's testimony while holding papers.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) further critiqued the ICE amendment to the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bipartisan Background Checks Act" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/universal-background-checks-bill-daeb89a9-938b-42fb-94b7-66f68fdb5d4b.html" data-vars-content-id="e186a3e9-5489-4a44-b029-7fee673d0a21" data-vars-headline="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez critiques ICE amendment in bipartisan gun law" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/universal-background-checks-bill-daeb89a9-938b-42fb-94b7-66f68fdb5d4b.html" target="_self">Bipartisan Background Checks Act</a> on Saturday morning, referring to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a CNN report" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/us/undocumented-migrant-children-detention-facilities-abuse-invs/index.html?no-st=1551538018" data-vars-content-id="e186a3e9-5489-4a44-b029-7fee673d0a21" data-vars-headline="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez critiques ICE amendment in bipartisan gun law" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/us/undocumented-migrant-children-detention-facilities-abuse-invs/index.html?no-st=1551538018" target="_blank">a CNN report</a> about detained children being held down for forcible injections. </p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="e186a3e9-5489-4a44-b029-7fee673d0a21"><a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1101831550126170113"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Details: </strong>The amendment proposed by House Republicans forces the NICS background check database to notify ICE if an undocumented immigrant attempts to buy a firearm. </p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="House passes bill for universal background checks" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/universal-background-checks-bill-daeb89a9-938b-42fb-94b7-66f68fdb5d4b.html" data-vars-content-id="e186a3e9-5489-4a44-b029-7fee673d0a21" data-vars-headline="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez critiques ICE amendment in bipartisan gun law" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/universal-background-checks-bill-daeb89a9-938b-42fb-94b7-66f68fdb5d4b.html" target="_self">House passes bill for universal background checks</a></p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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