From Alex Karakatsanis, author, civil rights lawyer:
It's important for all people of good will to understand the Laken Riley Act before the Senate votes on it. It’s unconstitutional. It’s horrific in every word and clause. But there is a deeper, more imminent violence lurking beneath its hate-filled text.
First the background. The Laken Riley Act is unprecedented in modern U.S. history. It requires federal DHS bureaucracy to build billions in new infrastructure to cage any undocumented person *even accused* of petty theft, shoplifting, or several other property crimes.
A key aspect of the law is people are rounded up and put into mass caging facilities (built and usually run for profit) for a mere *accusation.* A person (even a child) need not be convicted, and they are taken from their families and jobs and churches and schools immediately.
The fact that prominent Democrats are joining in the depraved, uninformed, and ignorant chorus to pass this law should be a warning to people of good will. We are becoming an even meaner, more misguided society. There's time to shift course, and to stand up for fellow humans.
New update:
Update from Karakatsanis: Senators have rejected amendments to protect children and pregnant women and to restrict to convictions. Instead, almost 20 Dems voted to *expand* the law, including misdemeanor APO. This means any cop in the US could get someone indefinitely detained in the new camps.
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As this Bulwark article explains, the fear is the point.
Contact Tammy Baldwin who voted YEA on the motion to proceed last week. Use this ACLU letter for talking points if you need them. Her La Crosse number: 608-796-0045.
[To their shame, many Democrats are supporting this bill with 48 House Dems voting yea earlier this month and only 9 Dems plus Bernie voting NO on the motion to proceed.]
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