Immigration Reform Principles

Note from ONSM:

Attached is a revision to our original resolution. We modified the ambiguous language about humane enforcement strategies consistent with the recommendation in the second and third bullets below. We did not add an action about providing sanctuary or having local community actions since our proposed resolution is about immigration reform principles that we stand for and are criteria that can be used to evaluate any comprehensive immigration reform proposals that emerge. We also felt if we did want to propose community action, providing sanctuary is one of many ways that individual human rights could be supported.

Updated June 2nd

Because migration is an human right, a global and historical reality, and a political or economic necessity for millions of families around the world;

Because the abuse and exploitation of immigrant workers hurts all workers and the perception of immigrants as nothing more than "labor" diminishes the inherent worth and dignity of immigrants as whole persons;

Because the oppression and discrimination against immigrants, people of color and others who are disenfranchised keeps us all more isolated, alienated, and culturally impoverished;

Because our nation's exploding immigrant detention system further nourishes an unjust, environmentally unsustainable and inequitable prison-industrial-military economy;

Because the persecution, detention and deportation of immigrants in our nation's broken immigration system tears families apart and impacts our whole community;

And because we believe ourselves to be members of a global community, where our destiny, liberation and freedom is inextricably linked to that of others;

We commit to taking an active and public stand in support of immigrant rights and to advocate for US immigration reform principles and foreign policy that:

Recognizes the inherent humanity and dignity of immigrants as whole people and integral members of our communities
Includes a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants without imposing unreasonable fines, punishments, requirements and restrictions
Prioritizes family unity and integration
Protects and enforces the human and workplace rights of both immigrants and US-born individuals
Oppose and mitigate inhumane enforcement strategies
Demilitarization of the US-Mexico border
Addresses the root causes of migration, such as failed free-trade agreements based on a corporate-profit-centric neoliberal economic model

And we call on others in Portland and the US to join us.

Resolution of the Oregon New Sancturary Movement – Immigration Reform Principles

Because migration is an human right, a global and historical reality, and a political or economic necessity for millions of families around the world;

Because the abuse and exploitation of immigrant workers hurts all workers and the perception of immigrants as nothing more than "labor" diminishes the inherent worth and dignity of immigrants as whole persons;

Because the oppression and discrimination against immigrants, people of color and others who are disenfranchised keeps us all more isolated, alienated, and culturally impoverished;

Because our nation's exploding immigrant detention system further nourishes an unjust, environmentally unsustainable and inequitable prison-industrial-military economy;

Because the persecution, detention and deportation of immigrants in our nation's broken immigration system tears families apart and impacts our whole community;

And because we believe ourselves to be members of a global community, where our destiny, liberation and freedom is inextricably linked to that of others;

We commit to taking an active and public stand in support of immigrant rights and to advocate for US immigration and foreign policy that:

Recognizes the inherent humanity and dignity of immigrants as whole people and integral members of our communities
Includes a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants without imposing unreasonable fines, punishments, requirements and restrictions
Prioritizes family unity and integration
Protects and enforces the human and workplace rights of both immigrants and US-born individuals
Incorporates humane enforcement strategies and demilitarizes the US-Mexico border
Addresses the root causes of migration, such as failed free-trade agreements based on a corporate-profit-centric neoliberal economic model

And we call on others in Portland and the US to join us.

Resolución de la Oregon Movimiento Santuario Nuevo - Principios Reforma Migratoria

Dado que la migración es un derecho humano, una realidad global e histórica, y una necesidad política o económica para millones de familias alrededor del mundo;

Dado que el abuso y la explotación de los trabajadores inmigrantes perjudica a todos los trabajadores, y que la percepción de los inmigrantes como nada más que "mano de obra" disminuye el valor y la dignidad de los inmigrantes;

Dado que la opresión y la discriminación contra los inmigrantes, las personas de color y otras poblaciones marginalizados, nos mantiene a todos y todas más aislados, marginados y empobrecidos culturalmente;

Dado que nuestro sistema nacional de detención de inmigrantes nutre más a una economía injusta, insostenible para el medio ambiente, no equitativa y basada en un complejo de cárceles y industrias militares.

Dado que la persecución, detención y deportación de inmigrantes en un sistema roto de leyes de migración resulta en más familias separadas e impacta a toda la comunidad;

Y porque nos reconocemos como miembros de una comunidad mundial, donde nuestra liberación, destino, y libertad están inextricablemente ligadas a las de los demás;

Nos comprometemos a trabajar activamente y públicamente en favor de los derechos de los inmigrantes y a abogar por políticas migratorias y políticas hacia el exterior que:

• Reconocen la humanidad y la dignidad de los inmigrantes y que los inmigrantes son miembros esenciales de nuestras comunidades

• Incluyen un camino a la ciudadanía para todos los inmigrantes indocumentados sin imponer multas castigos, requisitos y restricciones irrazonables

• Dan prioridad a la unidad y la integración familiar

• Protegen y hacen cumplir los derechos humanos y laborales de los inmigrantes y las personas nacidas en Estados Unidos

• Incorporan estrategias humanas de reforzamiento y desmilitarizan la frontera México-Estados Unidos

• Tocan las causas de la migración, tales como los acuerdos fallados de libre comercio, basados en un modelo económico neoliberal que prioriza la ganancia de las empresas sobre todo

Y llamamos a otras personas en Portland y los EE.UU. a unirse a nosotros.

Actualizado el 02 de junio

Resolución del Movimiento Nuevo Santuario de Oregon - Principios de una Reforma Migratoria