The Squad The Democratic congresswomen told by Trump to ‘go home’

Alexandria Ocasio-cortez

The 29-year-old representative for New York’s 14th congressional district is the youngest ever congresswoman in the US. Born to parents of Puerto Rican descent, Ms Ocasio-cortez attended Boston University, majoring in international relations and economics.

The former barmaid from the Bronx is a high-profile critic of Mr Trump, most recently visiting migrant detention centres and calling them “dehumanising”.

Ayanna Pressley

The Ohio-born representative is the first African-american woman Massachusetts has elected to the US Congress. Raised in Chicago by a single mother, Ms Pressley’s promise was spotted at a young age: at high school, she was voted “most likely to be mayor of Chicago”. She has described “the Squad” as “Trump’s worst nightmare”. Campaigning under the slogan “change can’t wait”, she was elected on a mandate of promising to oppose Mr Trump’s policies vehemently.

Ihan Omar

Ms Omar was elected to represent Minnesota, the first Somali-american elected to Congress as well as one of its first two Muslim women. Born in Mogadishu, her family was granted asylum in the US in 1995 and Ms Omar became a naturalised citizen aged 17. She was sworn in to Congress on the Koran and rules were changed in the House of Representatives to allow Ms Omar to wear her hijab, overturning an 181-yearold ban on any sort of head covering.

Rashida Tlaib

Detroit-born Ms Tlaib was elected as representative for Michigan, becoming the first Palestinian-american woman in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women. Ms Tlaib was the first member of her family to graduate from high school. She attended university in Detroit and law school in Michigan. Hours after being sworn in in January, Ms Tlaib caused controversy by giving a speech in which she said: “We’re going to impeach this mother------!”