STEPS FORWARD

[AnthonyAú]

Platform - Green Party US
  II. Social Justice
    A2. Pathway to Citizenship
             STEPS FORWARD

The U.S. needs a complete overhaul of its immigration laws, procedures, and programs. Our current situation has created extreme social injustice.

Millions of people are living and working in the U.S. with no legal status, making them subject to extreme exploitation and abuse.

Immigration raids are terrorizing the immigrant community.

Families are being broken up. Employer abuses of undocumented workers are rampant.

Immigration policies such as separating families at the border, kids in cages, and the Title 42 program which allows the United States Border Patrol and U.S. Customs to prohibit the entry of persons who potentially pose a health risk (a racist policy to fast track deportations and prohibit refugees to seek asylum on U.S. soil) must immediately cease.
The Green Party must consider immigration issues from an international standpoint, taking into account international labor and environmental standards, and human rights.
The following proposals may not yield perfect answers, but they provide better answers than the status quo.

We must recognize that there cannot be any true solutions to the conflicts created by immigration until we are able to organize globally to overcome the power of multinational corporations, which are engaged in an unending campaign to drive down workers' living standards everywhere.

International cooperation and solidarity among labor organizations, to advance the rights of labor and raise such living standards globally, are essential to combat this trend. Until the power of the multinationals is curbed, we will continue to be confronted with seemingly "no win" choices.
When the government has the power to deny legal rights and due process to one vulnerable group, everyone's rights are at risk.

We must end xenophobia and white supremacy to address laws and practices that punish and target individuals for their immigration status, national origin, ethnicity and race, to build power among the people.

We must stand up for community members who have been excluded, oppressed, and maltreated and for people who have been subjected to multiple systems of oppression and exclusion.

Our goal is for the many diverse immigrant communities to possess true freedom and equality.

We propose the following immigration policies, consistent with the Ten Key Values.