Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) district is now reportedly overtaken with migrant flea markets and prostitutes.
The northwest Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Jackson Heights, and Elmhurst have become overrun with illegal immigrants selling clothes and other items on the street, video reported by Fox News reveals.
According to the video, which was filmed by local resident Ramses Frías, large piles of clothes can be seen for sale sit on the ground, while trash has been built up on street corners.
“We’ve become sort of this epicenter of crime and prostitution and illegal street vending. It’s taken over many streets,” Frías said.
“Like most of my like-minded residents, we see this as a third-world market,” he added. “Basically, you just see clothes thrown across the floor … the items are stolen from donation bins or stolen from stores, and they just set up shop outside brick-and-mortar businesses. They take away trade from these businesses and don’t pay taxes.”
Corona’s main strip along Roosevelt Avenue has become known as the “market of sweethearts” for being filled with prostitutes who stand on the street all day.
AOC responded to the video in a statement, saying Republicans were filming illegals in their “worst moments.”
“What we are seeing here is the result of anti-immigrant policies that deny immigrants proper work permits and vending licenses, and drive them into the shadows of undignified conditions,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
