Resolution For Immigrant Workers Supporting Humane Immigration Policies

WHEREAS, there is a need for realistic and comprehensive approach to immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship; addresses the immigration backlog to unify families; and provides a safe, legal and orderly avenue for migrant workers to enter the U.S.; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to provide a legal way for this work force population to safely migrate to the U.S. and benefit from worker protections and the rights of labor; and

WHEREAS, our national security should include border policies that both protect national security and the human rights of all individuals–without the need of a fence, which the GAO has found to be ineffective;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Valley Grassroots for Democracy urges the President and Congress to create a fair and humane immigration reform that includes a substantial increase in visas for migrant workers wanting to enter this country to work and a path to citizenship for migrant workers already in this country and contributing by their labor to this country; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Valley Grassroots for Democracy supports stricter enforcement or strengthening of current laws prohibiting employers from hiring undocumented workers.

Passed unanimously by Valley Grassroots for Democracy
March 13, 2007