Human and Civil Rights Groups Oppose the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019

Re: Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019, S. 1883 Dear Chairman Graham and Ranking Member Feinstein: The undersigned organizations write to oppose the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019. This bill would contribute to the growing overcriminalization in federal criminal law, would criminalize actions that cause no social harm, carries harsh prison sentences that contribute to mass incarceration and coerced guilty pleas, and raises Fourth Amendment concerns by expanding the government’s ability to obtain sensitive…

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