Ilhan Omar actually said...

It is clear that we must shift from a criminal legal system currently based on retribution and punishment to a criminal justice system that ...

After serving their sentences, justice-involved individuals are expected to somehow flourish in a society that rebukes them for existing.

I think that there were a lot of Republicans that were uncomfortable with those statements.

To be clear, I was no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.