1. Ensure that the U.S. upholds its moral responsibility to be a refuge for people from around the world seeking
asylum, and institute a process that is just and equitable; and
2. Oppose profiteering by privatized law enforcement and the security industry in border enforcement; and
3. Require that any facility used to hold people who are undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers must be open
to inspection by the Red Cross and members of Congress; and
4. Oppose the deportations of immigrants who served in our armed forces and create a faster path for such veterans
to citizenship; and
5. Expand the definition of family for asylum seekers to include grandparents, stepparents, aunts, uncles, siblings,
and legal guardians so that families are not separated; and
6. Establish additional and protect existing sanctuary cities, counties, and states that oppose and prohibit the use of
local law enforcement for immigration enforcement, which is a federal responsibility; and
7. Oppose the use of excessive force and violations of human rights on our border, and the dehumanization of people
seeking entry to our country; and
8. Oppose the funding or building of The Border Wall; and
9. Help increase immigrants’ understanding of their existing rights and eligibility to use life-saving health services;
expand the rights and access to the resources to thrive; and end detrimental practices of immigration enforcement,
detention, and border policies that heighten exposure to public health threats; and
10. Deny the use of private prisons for immigration enforcement because profiting on the detention of immigrants
incentivizes corrupt immigration policy; and
11. Abolish private prisons in New Mexico and stop the horrors of abuses in immigration detention;
12. Expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans
executive actions (or similar laws) that will help DREAMers, parents of citizens, and lawful permanent residents
avoid deportation and pursue a pathway to citizenship; and
13. Support a path to citizenship for immigrant youth who have yet to be granted status; and
14. Dismantle cruel and inhumane deportation programs and detention centers and reunite families who have been
separated; and
15. Challenge and reject divisive and derogatory language toward immigrants; and
16. Fight for wage protections, protect against wage theft, and ensure tax equity for immigrant workers; and
17. Support the United Nations in saying that a country will be in breach of its human rights obligations if it returns
climate refugees to a country where—due to the climate crisis—their life is at risk; and
18. Eliminate the mandatory quotas for detaining immigrants for profit; and
19. Oppose the use of prison labor in immigrant detention facilities; and
20. End mandatory minimum sentences for immigrant detainees; and
21. Limit spending on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (border patrol) and U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agencies; and
22. Require the border patrol agents to comply with the same 4th Amendment search and seizure laws as other law
enforcement agencies; and