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Washington U.S. Rep Adam Smith: "Profiting off human crisis is horrific and outrageous. It's time to end this cruel practice and look..."

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Adam Smith tweeted the following:

"Profiting off human crisis is horrific and outrageous.
It's time to end this cruel practice and look towards community-based alternatives that center people, not profits."
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Here are other recent tweets from Adam Smith:

"Signed by more than 100 House Democrats, the letter outlines three key recommendations: suspend the expansion of ICE detention, shift away from private, for-profit ICE detention, and review all ICE detention facilities and policies.
Read the full letter:
adamsmith.house.gov/_cache/files/f"
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"Independent investigations into private immigration detention centers have repeatedly revealed substandard living conditions for detained people, under-staffing, and a lack of adequate health care that has led to deaths of people in U.S. custody."
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"The private detention industry has one thing in mind: profits.
By increasing detention rates and ignoring human suffering, the industry has fueled our country's mass incarceration crisis, which disproportionately impacts immigrants, refugees, and communities of color."
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