Issue Position: Empowering Our Diverse Communities

Issue Position

The countless diverse communities that make up our nation--minorities, LGBTQ, immigrants, veterans, the disabled, and so many more--brings richness and completeness to our nation.

To protect this integral part of our identity, we must support programs that help all communities thrive -- must and reform systems that repress. Madeleine supports broadening anti-discrimination laws, expanding and enforcing ADA requirements, and grant and tax programs that support minority, disabled, and veteran owned businesses.

We must also address issues that disproportionately impact these populations, like reforming our criminal justice system. Madeleine supports expanding successful special veteran and drug courts, ending of the cash bail system, limiting imprisonment for non-violent crimes--especially minor drug convictions -- and rolling back mandatory minimum sentencing.

It has long been proven that sending people to prison for minor crimes is ineffective in deterring crime or rehabilitating people -- and is enormously expensive to taxpayers

We must take steps to strengthen our legal immigration system. This includes a path to citizenship for talented people who want to be part of our country -- and reinstating DACA to allow the dreamers to be able to stay in our country without fear. Like the rest of us, they should be able to live the American Dream without fear of their government.

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