REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: You know, to speak to today’s attack, what happened is just an absolute and utter travesty. And these marines that have passed away, 13 now, as well as 60 Afghans that died in the explosions, we have — I mean, this is the human cost of war.

And it — this is what makes war immoral.

And when it comes to the devastation that we have seen in Afghanistan, the United States plays a role. We have a responsibility. And in order to carry out and in order to make good on the role that we have played in this violence, we have a responsibility to make a home for the people whose lives have been upended by interventionist U.S. foreign policy.

And so, as a result, I’m proud to have co-wrote a letter with Representative Barbara Lee to ask and urge the Biden administration to — as they set their refugee quotas, to make it no less than 200,000 in the upcoming year.