Squad Democrats unveil bill to defund police, establish reparations program Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts announced the BREATHE Act on Tuesday — legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system by eliminating life sentences, retroactively expunging drug crimes, eliminating multiple federal agencies and permanently close prisons and immigration detention centers, among other things.
The bill also seeks to eliminate gang databases, pilot programs for a universal basic income, allow incarcerated individuals the right to vote, and afford voting rights and "lifetime education" to undocumented immigrants.
The bill’s fate in the Democratic-controlled House is […]
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