Amnesty Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

— Phil Gramm

Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such as detention…

— Rashida Tlaib

“The judicial mechanisms that states employ to accomplish programs of mass incarceration include laws and strategies of enforcement explicitly designed to imprison large populations.…

— David Cay Johnston

Granting amnesty to those who willfully broke the law makes a mockery of our legal system and encourages even more lawlessness - potentially more…

— Mark Meadows

Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes.

— Karl Kraus

There are people who are at fault for one or another problem. These people are very avaricious and self-serving. They're not doing it just…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

“Ex-offenders are expected to pay fines and court costs, and submit paperwork to multiple agencies in an effort to win back a right that…

— Michelle Alexander

Sometimes our criminal justice system is about punishing people and not reforming people.

— Eric Goode

No funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

— Jerry Weller

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

— David Frum

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

— Cesare Beccaria

States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system.

— Michael Dean Crapo