Share Source: AP Photo/Frank Franklin II Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) accused those who used the term "surge" and "invasion" to describe the ongoing crisis at the southern border as trying to use racist language in order to provoke a militaristic response. Ocasio-Cortez made her comment during an Instagram live on Tuesday. AOC on Instagram Live talking about the border: “Anyone who is using the term ‘surge’ around you consciously is trying to invoke a militaristic frame... This is not a surge. These are children and they are not insurgents.” Putting aside the fact that she may have thought "surge" comes from "insurgents," AOC is completely wrong on more than one front. First what I have seen in my more than two weeks on the U.S.-Mexico border recently shows the United States is facing a surge of immigrants illegally crossing into the country. The numbers do not lie.