New Delhi, May 4 -- US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also known as AOC, responded defiantly to former acting ICE Director Tom Homan's threat to refer her to the Justice Department, after her office hosted a "Know Your Rights" webinar for migrants in February.

"Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections," Ocasio-Cortez told a town hall in Queens on Friday. "To that I say: Come for me, do I look like I care?"

The webinar held by AOC's office provided tips to migrants on how to respond if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempt to detain them. Advice included asking for judicial warrants, recording s...