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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday (August 25) aimed at ending “cashless bail,” a move experts say will disproportionately affect Black Americans, per the New York Times .

“Cashless bail, we’re ending it,” Trump said, alleging that such policies have hurt public safety. “Any street, all over the country.”

Trump’s executive order will effectively increase pretrial detention for low-income defendants, especially Black Americans. Recently enacted reforms in cities like New York and Illinois that have reduced or eliminated bail for nonviolent offenses to prevent people from being jailed solely for being poor are also at risk.

Trump and his conservative allies argue that releasing low-level offenders without bail enables crime, despi

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