Senator Jon Tester meeting with Voices for Progress
Sen. Jon Tester met with a group advocating for halting expansions of immigration detention and deportation, ultra-wealthy taxation, and ending discrimination against transgender individuals in health care and during incarceration.
Key Points
- 7.4 million migrants on ICE's non-detained docket due to open southern border under Biden administration
- 1,900% increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Montana from 2017 to 2023
- Voices for Progress advocates for halting expansions of immigration detention and deportation, ending the money bail system, and more
Pros
- Advocating for fair taxation from ultra-wealthy and massive corporations
- Supporting an end to discrimination against transgender individuals in health care and during incarceration
Cons
- Controversial stance on immigration and law enforcement
- Employing members with radical views on police and the GOP