{"id":1044386,"date":"2021-11-22T14:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044386"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:13:39","slug":"oh-i-know-rep-tlaib-brushes-off-human-traffickers-being-released-in-prison-reform-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oh-i-know-rep-tlaib-brushes-off-human-traffickers-being-released-in-prison-reform-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Oh, I Know\u2019: Rep. Tlaib Brushes Off Human Traffickers Being Released In Prison Reform Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foh-i-know-rep-tlaib-brushes-off-human-traffickers-being-released-in-prison-reform-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib brushed off questions related to the potential for human traffickers and other dangerous criminals to be released from prison as a result of a bill she endorsed in an interview released Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BEATHE Act proposes emptying federal detention facilities within ten years,\u201d Axios\u2019 Jonathan Swan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1462813347116638210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Tlaib in the interview. \u201cTo what extent have you wrestled with any potential downsides of releasing into society every single person who\u2019s currently in a federal prison?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib responded that people falsely think that far-left politicians want to \u201crelease everybody,\u201d but Swan countered that such language was essentially what the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/08\/john-kennedy-breathe-act-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill<\/a> said. \u201cYeah, but did you see how many people are mentally ill that are in prison right now?\u201d Tlaib replied.<\/p>\n<p>When Swan pressed Tlaib on the fact that human traffickers were in the federal prison system, Tlaib replied, \u201coh, I know,\u201d before denying that she \u201cblanketly\u201d supported all criminals being released simply because she wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/end-cash-bail-project-deep-south\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reform the prison system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at who\u2019s in prison now \u2026 look at the folks that are mentally ill who have substance abuse problems,\u201d Tlaib said. \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you asking me about them? You\u2019re asking me about the \u2026 human traffickers and others who should be able to be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.521739130435\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonathanvswan<\/a> presses Rep. Tlaib on backing a bill to end federal prisons: To what extent have you wrestled w\/ potential downsides?<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib: I think everyone\u2019s like, oh my god, we\u2019re going to just release everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Swan: But the act you endorsed actually says release everyone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBX3T9wxQy\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBX3T9wxQy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1462813347116638210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tlaib emphasized that the bill started a process that would take 10 years, if passed, with its main objective being to figure out how to \u201cget away from mass incarceration.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/legislation-prison-camera-reform-act-democrats-epstein-prison-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: How Legislation Introduced By A Democrat Could Help Prevent The Next Epstein Prison Death)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan congresswoman said that she thinks prison system is \u201csupposed to be rehabilitation,\u201d but she later lamented that purely rehabilitative efforts are practically nonexistent in prisons. Swan asked <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/ted-deutch-rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism-iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tlaib<\/a> if she thought all people could be rehabilitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d she responded. \u201cI\u2019ve been very clear about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs somebody that has worked in the legal field and others, I don\u2019t even know if our society would even know how to \u2026 rehabilitate every single person that wants to harm people,\u201d she added. \u201cI can tell you that, what\u2019s struggling, for me, is seeing \u2026 the statistics about so many people that at a very young that are in there that probably would not have been in there but for the fact they were struggling with mental illness or other issues within their family life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on whether she believed there were any people, however small, that did need to be \u201cbehind bars,\u201d Tlaib said she would need to look at every individual case in order to have an answer.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. 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