USA Today: Trump invites man freed by criminal justice reform bill to be his State of the Union guest
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The legislation passed by Congress in December is likely to be one of the few bipartisan applause lines in Trump's address. Some advocates hope Trump also uses the national platform to speed up implementation of the law and push to expand it.
“We did a lot of celebrating post passage that was warranted because this was a groundbreaking bill and a lot of people worked for many years to get to this point,” said Holly Harris, executive director of the Justice Action Network. “(But) we can’t take our eyes off the prize, which is actually impacting lives. In order for that to happen in a real significant way we’ve got to make sure implementation is happening swiftly and appropriately.”