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# Trump Seeks to Boost Employment of Ex-Prisoners with New Legislation

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_Published 2019-04-02. President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts that help federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison._


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## Transcript

Today we're here to celebrate the truly extraordinary bipartisan, that's a very pleasant word, achievement of the first step act very important. This landmark legislation will give countless current and former prisoners a second chance at life. And a new opportunity to contribute to their communities, their states and their nations and that's what they're doing. The law rolls back provisions o the 1994 Clinton Crime Law that was so devastating to so many And that disproportionately impacted the African American community. Nobody believes how much, and now they understand it. In less than four months, more than 500 people with unfair sentences have been released from prison and are free to begin a new life.

Our bond with out fellow citizens This is what stitches us together, as one united nation sharing one common destiny. We will achieve our goal by encouraging employers to adopt second chance hiring practices and the first step act proves that really Beyond almost anything we can think of. Our country can achieve amazing breakthroughs when we put politics aside and put the interests of all Americans first. That's true, so true.

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