House Democrats call for end to mass immigrant incarceration

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The New Way Forward Act aims to break the connection between the criminal legal system and the immigration system. Any immigration bill in the current Congress is at best a long shot to become law. The proposal also seeks to bridge a generational gap for younger members of Congress, many of whom have never lived through a softening of immigration laws.

Published 2 months ago · Washington, United States

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House Democrats call for end to mass immigrant incarceration

House Democrats are re-introducing legislation Wednesday that would largely do away with the punitive immigration measures enacted in a 1996 reform. The bill’s sponsors, Reps. Jesús García (D-Ill.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas), see their proposal as a follow-up to the criminal justice reform push that sought to soften some of the tough-on-crime…

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Democratic representatives want to stop the incarceration of immigrants

Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes presentarán este miércoles un proyecto de ley que eliminaría en gran medida las medidas punitivas contra la inmigración promulgadas en una reforma de 1996. Proyectos de ley antiinmigración de Florida amenazan a la comunidad latina del estado Los patrocinadores del proyecto de ley, los representantes Jesús García(Illinois), Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) y Greg Casar (Texas), ven su propuesta como un…

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