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Immigration - April 2007
Albuquerque Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Minute on Immigration
Approved on April 1, 2007
Quaker testimonies on equality call us to respect the dignity of all human beings. We regard immigration through the lens of that testimony. Both civil and spiritual values lead us to respect and welcome the stranger. Our faith and civil duty call us to oppose conditions that indenture others in the name of economics.
We recognize a relationship between relatively inexpensive goods and services and a lack of legal protections for immigrant workers. We dedicate ourselves to work towards deeper understanding and to act to correct historical injustices, economic imbalances and other root causes that are driving forces behind the movement of people across borders. We dedicate ourselves to study and prayer on local and global issues of migration and humane solutions to situations of social and economic injustice.
We oppose the militarization of the Mexico-US border, including the building of the wall and the deployment of troops. We call for immediate and adequate provision to assure the safety of persons who migrate for economic reasons as well as for those who seek refuge. Offering of humanitarian assistance to people who do not have appropriate documentation should not be a crime.
We support comprehensive immigration reform, including:
• Reasonably regulated safe passage for migrants and refugees;
• An orderly, equitable and efficient system for admitting immigrants legally, incorporating respect for civil and human rights;
• A fair and reasonable path to permanent residency and citizenship for all immigrants, whether they arrived initially as immigrants or temporary workers, or whether they have been living and working here without legal documentation;
• Support for families divided by immigration laws and realities;
• Enforcement of fair labor laws and health and safety standards in the workplace, regardless of the immigration status of the workers;
• Reworking of U.S. immigration detention policies to alleviate the present judicial system crisis and end needless trauma for immigrant detainees and their families; and
• Radical alteration of the guest worker program to address the disparity in power between guestworkers and their employers and to no longer tie guestworkers to a single employer, which is the major source of abuse and exploitation.
Minute on Immigration
Approved on April 1, 2007
Quaker testimonies on equality call us to respect the dignity of all human beings. We regard immigration through the lens of that testimony. Both civil and spiritual values lead us to respect and welcome the stranger. Our faith and civil duty call us to oppose conditions that indenture others in the name of economics.
We recognize a relationship between relatively inexpensive goods and services and a lack of legal protections for immigrant workers. We dedicate ourselves to work towards deeper understanding and to act to correct historical injustices, economic imbalances and other root causes that are driving forces behind the movement of people across borders. We dedicate ourselves to study and prayer on local and global issues of migration and humane solutions to situations of social and economic injustice.
We oppose the militarization of the Mexico-US border, including the building of the wall and the deployment of troops. We call for immediate and adequate provision to assure the safety of persons who migrate for economic reasons as well as for those who seek refuge. Offering of humanitarian assistance to people who do not have appropriate documentation should not be a crime.
We support comprehensive immigration reform, including:
• Reasonably regulated safe passage for migrants and refugees;
• An orderly, equitable and efficient system for admitting immigrants legally, incorporating respect for civil and human rights;
• A fair and reasonable path to permanent residency and citizenship for all immigrants, whether they arrived initially as immigrants or temporary workers, or whether they have been living and working here without legal documentation;
• Support for families divided by immigration laws and realities;
• Enforcement of fair labor laws and health and safety standards in the workplace, regardless of the immigration status of the workers;
• Reworking of U.S. immigration detention policies to alleviate the present judicial system crisis and end needless trauma for immigrant detainees and their families; and
• Radical alteration of the guest worker program to address the disparity in power between guestworkers and their employers and to no longer tie guestworkers to a single employer, which is the major source of abuse and exploitation.
