Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
'It's corruption in plain sight.' That's how U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described congressional colleagues who support Republican-authored legislation that immigrant rights advocates warn is a right-wing power grab under the guise of public safety. The Laken Riley Act —named after a young woman murdered last year by a Venezuelan man who, according to U.S.
'You may wonder why so many of our friends across the aisle who care so deeply about the rule of law happen to be so desperate to pass this bill,' Ocasio-Cortez continued. 'Look no further than the price tag of this bill, $83 billion. know that it can't be paid for. They know that the capacity is not there, and you know what will be there? Private prison companies are going to get flooded with money.
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