USenenkulu u-Elizabeth Warren, I-D-Mass., ngoLwesihlanu yethule uhlelo lokuvala amajele azimele nezindawo zokuvalelwa kanye nokumisa izinkampani ukuthi zenze inzuzo ngokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi. Onethemba lango-2020 wethule lesi siphakamiso ngaphambi kokuvela kwakhe eNgqungqutheleni Yabaqokelwe Umongameli we-NALEO, ekhuluma nombuthano omkhulu kunawo wonke wabenzi bezinqubomgomo zeLatinx ezweni.
"IWashington inikezela ngezigidigidi ezinkampanini ezizuza ngokuboshwa ngonya kanye nezinqubomgomo zokuboshwa kuyilapho zinganaki imindeni ecekeleke phansi kulolu hlelo," kubhala uWarren esitatimendeni. Okuthunyelwe okuphakathi echaza inqubomgomo. “Kumele sikubize lokho ukuthi kuyini: inkohlakalo. Ukubophela kanye nokuvalela izigidi ukuze senze inzuzo akusigcini siphephile. Sekuyisikhathi sokwenza kangcono.”
Isiphakamiso sakhe sizovala izikhungo zokuboshwa ezizimele zenhlangano ngokuqeda zonke izinkontileka iFederal Bureau of Prisons kanye ne-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enazo nabahlinzeki abazimele. Amajele azimele ande kakhulu kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, futhi izinkampani ezifana neCoreCivic kanye neGEO Group zithole inzuzo enkulu ebhizinisini lokuboshwa. Kusukela ekungeneni kukaDonald Trump esikhundleni, nangenxa yezinqubomgomo zokuphatha ezihlukumezayo zokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, ibhizinisi lamajele azimele liyakhula.
"IWashington isebenzisana nezinkampani zamajele ezizimele, ezisebenzisa izigidi zama-lobbyists, iminikelo emikhankasweni, nokuqashwa kweminyango - konke ukuguqula izinqubomgomo zethu zobugebengu nezokufika zibe yilezo ezibeka phambili ukubenza bacebe esikhundleni sokusigcina siphephile," wabhala.
Ngokuvumelana ne i-Detention Watch Network, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-73 abokufika ababoshiwe bagcinwe ezikhungweni eziphethwe izinkampani ezizimele. Ukuvimbela izikhungo ezifundazweni nasezindaweni, uWarren wachaza, uxhaso lwezimali zokuphepha komphakathi luzobekwa esimweni sokusebenzisa kwabo izikhungo zomphakathi.
Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2016, ummeli waphawula, inani lamajele azimele likhule ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunabo bonke abantu basejele futhi namuhla, cishe izinkampani eziyizi-4,000 zithola inzuzo ekuboshweni ngobuningi.
A Umbiko woMnyango Wezobulungiswa ka-2016 bathole ukuthi amajele azimele, avumela iziboshwa ukuba zisebenze ngempoqo, awaphephile kakhulu kunalawo enhlangano njengoba amajele enkontileka ejwayele ukuba namazinga aphezulu okushaya, kokubili okwenziwa iziboshwa kwezinye iziboshwa kanye neziboshwa ezisebenzela abasebenzi.
"Baphula imithetho yenhlangano ngokufaka abantu ababoshiwe esitokisini bodwa ukuze bafake izidumbu eziningi esakhiweni," kwengeza uWarren. “Baphoqa abokufika ukuze bathole imali. Iziboshwa eziningi zizibulele. Futhi manje, ngaphansi kukaTrump, izingane ziyagula futhi zishona ezikhungweni zazo zokuvalelwa. ”
Uhlelo lwakhe luphinde luvimbele ezinye izinqubo osonkontileka abazisebenzisayo ukuze bathole inzuzo ekuboshweni ngobuningi, okuhlanganisa ukukhokhisa izinsizakalo ezifana nezingcingo nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukugxambukela ezinsizeni ezifana ne-commissary, kanye nokukhokhiswa kwezinsizakalo zokungena kabusha nezokuhlola.
“Ngenkathi osonkontileka behola amadola abakhokhi bentela bezama ukukhulisa ama-margins, uhulumeni akakushayi mkhuba,” kuqhuba yena. “Izinkampani zokudla zenza izigidi kodwa zihlinzeka ngokudla okunezinambuzane ukuze zonge imali. Uphenyo lwenkampani yokuthutha ejele evumele ukuthi okungenani kufe abantu abahlanu kanye nokunukubezwa ngokocansi ngaphansi kwesandla sabo, aluhambanga ndawo.”
Ukwanda kwakamuva kokwesekwa kuzwelonke kuphoqe uWarren endaweni yesibili kwezinye izinhlolovo, kuvotwa ngemuva kwalowo owayeyiPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden, ogijima njengenhloko ethembisa ukuthi ngeke “idemoni” abacebile. The inhlolovo yakamuva ye-Economist/YouGov ukhombise u-Warren evota ngamaphesenti ayi-14 endaweni ephithizelayo, ngaphambi nje kwe-Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders's 13%. Inhlolovo ihlole abantu abadala abayi-1,500, okuhlanganisa nabavoti ababhalisile abayi-1,202, kusukela ngoJuni 16 kuya ku-18.
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