Common Sense U.S. Immigration Policies for a Globalized World
Work collaboratively with our Southern neighbors to raise living standards in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (identify trade, aid, and investment policies that provide for economic stability so as to prevent the need for families to migrate in order to survive);
Reopen the debate on the future of the Latin American countryside and the future role of agriculture in Latin American societies (evaluate new approaches to local agricultural economies that provide for environmental protection, economic sustainability, and local food security);
Address the economic insecurities in the U.S. workforce that are fueling the anti-immigrant backlash (strengthening labor laws, addressing a static minimum wage and curtailment of employment benefits, planning for a new economy that is predominated by a growing service sector labor force);
Transition immigrants from clandestine work into official employment so they and their families can fully contribute to the U.S. society (maintaining the U.S.'s commitment to family values, protection for the persecuted, and ensuring a path to citizenship); and
Prevent the erosion of the U.S.'s historic commitment to justice for all (ensuring access to the courts for immigrants and limiting detention of immigrants to those who are a threat to the U.S.)
