These are
people who are fleeing danger and under our laws have the right to
present their cases. Now, H.R. 3004 would do this to the women I
mentioned: It would make them criminals, and it would allow for the
prosecution and imprisonment for up to 2 years. Now, even if our immigration system awarded these victims protection,
such as a T visa for human trafficking, the criminal justice system
could take away her liberty. I strongly hope that my colleagues across the aisle would not seek to
punish women who are fleeing from sex traffickers, because there are
thousands of women who are innocent, abused, sexually trafficked by the
worst of civilization, and instead of offering help to these women,
this bill would put them in prison. It would prosecute them for asking,
of all things, that their life be saved.
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