AOC: Laken Riley Act Is About Opening ’Private Prison Camps’ in Your Town

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: “If you’re a DREAMer, all someone has to do is point a finger and you will be rounded up. And we have seen moments like these happen before in the Patriot Act in the wake of the travesty of 9/11, a fundamental suspension of American civil liberties. That is what we are seeing here today. Mr. Speaker, 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. After they are unleashing people who attacked police officers here on this Capitol into roaming our streets who are publicly saying now they want to get a gun, suddenly these folks care about public safety. I don’t think so. Look no further than the price tag of this bill, $83 billion. They 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, who give this money no doubt — I want folks at home to look.”