US Congress Votes To Imprison Immigrants Without Trial


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HR 29, the Laken Riley Act, allows for people who are merely accused, without any criminal charge, of shoplifting, to be imprisoned in Homeland Security detention camps, and then deported, with no right to a trial or other basic due process of law. The law replaces the presumption of innocence in the United States with the presumption of guilt, and paves the way for Donald Trump’s fascist plans to deport or imprison tens of millions of US residents.

H.R. 29 would allow for the Department of Homeland Security to put people in prison camps on no basis other than an arrest - even without criminal charge. Not convicted for a crime, not having pled guilty for that crime, there's no grand jury. There's no due process of law involved. They could just kick you out of the United States without any opportunity to defend yourself in court.

What’s especially tragic is that 48 Democrats in the US House of Representatives declared their allegiance to Donald Trump by voting in favor of HR 29. The names of the congressional Democrats who voted in favor of giving Donald Trump new fascist powers are:

  Brendan Boyle—Pennsylvania 

  Nikki Budzinski—Illinois 

  Janelle Bynum—Oregon 

  Jim Costa—California 

  Joe Courtney—Connecticut 

  Angie Craig—Minnesota 

  Henry Cuellar—Texas 

  Sharice Davids—Kansas 

  Don Davis—North Carolina 

  April McClain-Delaney—Maryland 

  Chris Deluzio—Pennsylvania 

  Shomari Figures—Alabama 

  Laura Gillen—New York 

  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez—Washington 

  Jared Golden—Maine 

  Vicente Gonzalez—Texas 

  Maggie Goodlander—New Hampshire 

  Adam Gray—California 

  Josh Harder—California 

  Jahana Hayes—Connecticut 

  Steven Horsford—Nevada 

  Val Hoyle—Oregon 

  Marcy Kaptur—Ohio 

  Greg Landsman—Ohio 

  Susie Lee—Nevada 

  Mike Levin—California 

  Stephen F. Lynch—Massachusetts 

  John Mannion—New York 

  Lucy McBath—Georgia 

  Kristen McDonald Rivet—Michigan 

  Dave Min—California 

  Joseph Morelle—New York 

  Jared Moskowitz—Florida 

  Frank J. Mrvan—Indiana 

  Chris Pappas—New Hampshire 

  Josh Riley—New York 

  Hillary J. Scholten—Michigan 

  Kim Schrier—Washington 

  Terri A. Sewell—Alabama 

  Eric Sorensen—Illinois 

  Greg Stanton—Arizona 

  Suhas Subramanyam—Virginia 

  Tom Suozzi—New York 

  Emilia Sykes—Ohio 

  Dina Titus—Nevada 

  Ritchie Torres—New York 

  Derek Tran—California 

  George Whitesides—California