For Successful Prison Reform, Scale Back Immigration

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For Successful Prison Reform, Scale Back Immigration
By TOM BROADWATER
March 22, 2019 6:30 AM

Former convicts seek the same low-skill jobs often performed by immigrants working for low wages.

Thousands of nonviolent inmates are getting out of prison early thanks to President Trump, who worked with a bipartisan group in Congress to pass into law the First Step Act, the biggest prison reform in decades.

But these newly freed Americans still face enormous challenges.

Employers are leery of hiring people with criminal records. Historically, three in four former inmates have been unable to find employment a year after release. Without gainful employment, many fall back into their old lives of crime. Those who do find jobs are paid up to 20 percent less than the average employee.

Read more at: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/prison-reform-requires-reduced-immigration/