Platform - Green Party US II. Social Justice A2. Pathway to Citizenship STEPS FORWARD 1. Policiy ReformIn many countries economic policies, military actions of the U.S. government or U.S. based corporations, and natural disasters have caused extreme hardships.
These individuals must be prioritized to escape the intolerable conditions.
We believe all immigrants must be granted a pathway to citizenship without cumbersome fees nor civil rights restrictions.
In addition, we demand a recognition of past, uncredited payments into Social Security as part of any fees assessed for regularization of status.
Persons should only be excluded if their background check presents a clear and present danger.
We believe the following policies should be enacted:
- Undocumented immigrants who are already residing and working in the United States, and their families, should be granted legal status which allows a pathway to citizenship.
- All DACA and TPS recipients must be immediately granted a pathway to citizenship.
- All essential workers such as farm workers must be granted permanent residency and a pathway citizenship
- Permanent border passes to all citizens of Latin America and Canada whose identity can be traced and verified.
The "matricula consular" should be accepted as one means of proving one's identity.
- Work permits for citizens of Latin America and Canada must be easily obtainable, thereby decriminalizing the act of gainful employment.
This action would help eliminate exploitation of undocumented persons by criminals engaged in human contraband (coyotes) and unethical employers.
It would also help ensure that taxes will be paid in each corresponding nation per its laws.
These measures will also help temporary residents from Mexico and Canada to secure driving privileges and liability insurance.
- Work permits for citizens of Latin America and Canada must be easily obtainable, thereby decriminalizing the act of gainful employment.
This action would help eliminate exploitation of undocumented persons by criminals engaged in human contraband (coyotes) and unethical employers.
It would also help ensure that taxes will be paid in each corresponding nation per its laws.
These measures will also help temporary residents from Mexico and Canada to secure driving privileges and liability insurance.
- All persons fleeing political, racial, religious, or other types of persecution must be welcomed and granted permanent resident status and a pathway to citizenship.
The history of arbitrary denial of political asylum claims must end.
Particular attention should be given to those minorities who are political exiles and refugees and those whose lives would be at risk if asylum is not granted
- All those who are issued work permits must have the option to come and go from the U.S. as they desire. They must also be granted a pathway to citizenship
- The long wait to petition for a family member to join them in the US. must end. We must prioritize family reunification for the sake of safety.
- Permanent residency should not be denied based on political views, racial or national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, or any other arbitrary basis.
- We must keep faith with our commitment to the United Nations, to assist in the resettlement, including to our own country, of refugees currently stranded in refugee camps in other parts of the world.