Jan 08 2025 39 mins 2
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