Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., who earlier this month rankled fellow lawmakers by saying she’s a “proud Guatemalan” before an American, soon after referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a “terrorist organization.”

Ramirez made the latest comments while giving the keynote address at Netroots Nation, a left-wing political convention originally organized by readers and writers of Daily Kos, on Aug. 8, The Daily Caller reported.  

“In my own district, in District 3, we’ve stood up rapid response efforts to defend our communities against [President Donald] Trump,” Ramirez said in her address. “It’s why Tom Homan hates me so much. He says, ‘We come to Chicago, but Chicago’s too educated on their rights,’ because he hopes that we don’t know our rights so they can violate them.

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