scott and doug collins and also jessica jackson sloan pushing for the passage at a grassroots level through dream core as national director. so glad to have you all with us today. thank you. congressman scott help us understand how this bill reduces the prison population to start with it. we looked at the task force as a fact we lock up so many people in america, many low level nonviolent offenders and recent studies said we re adding to crime we have so many people with felony records, adding to crime. what this does is an evidence-based approach to crime policy and make sure that one of the main factors is make sure the punishment fits the crime. by taking a comprehensive evidence-based approach and getting away from the slogans and sound bites we found a number of initiatives that have been studied and done in states so we know we have state-based
young woman who was shot dead by an illegal immigrant who was deported five times. had seven felony records. this is not an isolated incident. this is a situation that happens over and over again. you do a search of illegal alien kills and you ll find a ton of stories. there was a report from ice that showed between 2010 and 2014 121 aliens were released on the streets. this is not something that is isolated. it s a huge problem and the government has failed on the federal and local level to enforce the law to keep people safe. and the foot soldiers ice agents want to go after these more serious criminals. because everybody wants 11 million people deported at wants that s not true. it has nothing to do we know for a fact no, i m not.
workers. the primary role is to protect citizens. this individual had felony records. he has been deported numerous times. what is also very concerning, that there are four democrat individuals who are running for president including hillary clinton who support sanctuary cities, which in my view, she is supporting the fact that this individual was allowed to remain in the united states. patti ann: back to jehmu s point, san francisco did say that it would have honored this detention hold if i.c.e. gotten a warrant. these sanctuary cities such as san francisco argue they need legal cover. there are constitutional concerns. there is this case in oregon in which a county was found liable last year for holding an inmate for i.c.e. beyond her release date. it has gotten tied up in some red tape. jehmu, is that what we do just need to tighten up some of these technicalities that making these cities worry about getting into constitutional trouble? i certainly think we need smarter immigra
reduce sentences for people with good behavior. the republican sponsor says the current prison system is quote not only fiscally unsustainable but morallytic sponsor congressman bobby scott is joining me now. thank you for being here. good to see you reverend al. congressman, is there a growing consensus now across party lines we need to address this problem? i think you mentioned the fact that we have 25% of the inmates who only have 5% of the population. the incarceration rate has gotten to the point where many recent studies have said it s actually counterproductive. so manyeople in jail. messing up so many families. so many people with felony records, and you re wasting so much money that you re actually adding to crime not doing anything about crime. and so on the federal level, it s gotten so bad we don t know how many crimes we ve created.
many families wasting so much money, so many people with felony records having trouble getting jobs that you re actually adding to the crime. was it just politics? was it just pandering? you d have to ask them why they voted for it. i m explaining why i m against it. you were there. you heard what the argument were. were the democratic party people think were soft on these criminals that we coddled them we get beat by the republicans who bang us over the head with law and order. we re going to show how tough we are and prove to america how tough we are and that s what this bill is about. you ll have to ask somebody who voted for it. three strikes, three outs was the best slogan during the 1990 election cycle, best vote getting slogan.