Immigration
Position: To ensure that the United States immigration policy reflects the highest standards of human rights while protecting national security, we require that it be reviewed against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and revised according to its principles. In particular, it should reflect Articles 13, 14, and 15, which protect the rights of people to travel, protect those seeking asylum from persecution, and prohibit the arbitrary denial of citizenship. Furthermore: - We oppose President Bush's "Guest Worker" plan, which would formalize the status of most undocumented immigrants as a permanent underclass, and as economic pawns deprived of any meaningful voice in the decisions and processes that determine their destiny.
- We support providing a safe and sure path to permanent legal status, and ultimately citizenship, for all of the 812 million undocumented immigrants who reside in the U.S., which must include full respect for their civil, political, economic, and social rights, both within and beyond the workplace.
- We support the USA Family Act, which offers a clear path to immigrants toward legal resident status and gives work permits to those illegal immigrants and their families living in the country since the year 2000.
- Persons who have been culturally naturalized should be granted the option of becoming a citizen and not be forcibly deported.
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Issue 90) Immigration
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Dwight
on March 5, 2006 at 08:25 PM
Perhaps a plank? Support improved living and working conditions abroad so that migration pressures for economic survival are reduced. This includes supporting labor organizations in other countries, education, health, and family planning.
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tradeunionist
on December 11, 2005 at 11:37 AM
You hate American workers. What am I to tell my union brothers and sisters that you - along with the Republicans - want to import and maintain a source of cheap labor? There is no difference between corporate outsourcing to foreign countries, corporate importtation of cheap labor, and you "Progress
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Aidan Hanson
on February 26, 2005 at 08:58 PM
I most strongly support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights platform! I am also opposed to the "Great Wall" being constructed on the southern border of the so-called United States (the last election certainly showed how dis-United we are, mainly thanks to "fear retoric" used by the fascist ri
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Tom Kertes
on October 24, 2004 at 02:11 PM
We should support fair trade agreements that allow goods, services, information, capital AND labor to flow freely across national borders.
We should support fair trade agreements that expand democracy by having international bodies that oversee the agreements be directly elected by the peo
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tradeunionist
on December 11, 2005 at 11:38 AM
You hate American workers. What am I to tell my union brothers and sisters that you - along with the Republicans - want to import and maintain a source of cheap labor? There is no difference between corporate outsourcing to foreign countries, corporate importtation of cheap labor, and you "Progress
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Mark Early
on May 1, 2010 at 01:05 AM
Immigration is a very difficult issue. An amnesty for all illegal workers in the US would have catastrophic unintended consequences and ultimately push down workers wages even further.
So that you understand my background. Two years ago my wife and I spent in excess of $20,000 in legal fee
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Earl Nissen
on March 14, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Any non-US person can study for and take the citizenship exam. Perhaps there could be "fast track" citizenship classes, held for two hours and bilingual. After attending the class, the participants are sworn into US citizenship.
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From:
Justin
on July 22, 2004 at 03:59 PM
are guest workers and their children barred from citizenship?
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