U.S. Reps Ask Biden to Pardon Low-Level Cannabis Crimes for Immigrants

Ganjapreneur reports

In a letter to President Joe Biden (D), 17 members of Congress requested his Administration extend pardons of simple cannabis possession convictions to immigrants and reopen the immigration cases of those who were deported for cannabis offenses.

The letter signatories include Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ilhan Omar (MN), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL), Barbara Lee (CA), Cori Bush (MO), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Adriano Espaillat (NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Dwight Evans (PA), Juan Vargas (CA), Marie Newman (IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ), Danny Davis (IL), Ritchie Torres (NY), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Jimmy Gomez (CA), and Jamaal Bowman (NY).        

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https://www.ganjapreneur.com/u-s-reps-ask-biden-to-pardon-low-level-cannabis-crimes-for-immigrants/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=us_reps_ask_biden_to_pardon_cannabis_crimes_for_immigrants_support_for_cannabis_legalization_still_soaring_and_more&utm_term=2022-11-16

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