To: President Donald Trump, The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, Governor J.B. Pritzker, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate

Employment opportunity for ex-convicts.

Stop the lack of opportunity for ex-convicts to be gainfully employed as it is punitive to the society , serves no useful purpose and creates a vicious circle that has the potential for more crimes such as is now prevalent.

Why is this important?

The lack of opportunity for ex-convicts to be gainfully employed leads to frustration, desperation and loss of ability to regain self esteem, and its negative social effect can be averted by giving them a chance to be re-integrated through gainful employment without discrimination related to background check.