(Crankers) Democrat Pramila Jayapal, a Palestinian activist, is taking the side of illegal immigrants with a major announcement of her own.
She wants to reintroduce the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to repeal mandatory immigration detention, prohibit the detention of families and children, and establish oversight mechanisms to for humane treatment and civil rights protections for detained immigrants.
She said during a speech: “Under the Trump Administration, we have seen a shocking surge in the detention of people who have committed no crimes being locked up in increasingly horrifying conditions… People are being held in squalor, largely in private, for-profit detention facilities, all to pad the bottom lines of prison corporations that donate to Donald Trump and Republicans. As Trump has struck down legal pathways and made it nearly impossible to come to or stay in this country, even for those who have been here for decades, this will only continue to get worse. We must pass this legislation to protect dignity and civil rights in America.” (source)
Where was Pramila Jayapal when former President Barack Obama was deporting millions of people? Was she this vocal back then, or is it just because Trump is president?
Jayapal was a senator in 2015 while Barry was president, so I’m curious if she spoke up back then too… or is she just doing everything to oppose Trump? Really makes you wonder, doesn’t it.
