Socialist Party on Immigration

	Socialist Party on Immigration Socialist Party Platform

Abolish all anti-immigrant laws, shut down ICE

Abolish all anti-immigrant laws. Stop the raids and deportations and demonization of immigrants. Shut down ICE and the concentration camps and reunite families. The government's war on immigrants must end. The border wall must be dismantled. Amnesty and citizenship for those without documents. Full rights for all! Source: PSL's 2020 Ten Point Program (2020 Socialist Convention) , Aug 15, 2020

Full citizenship rights upon six months residency

We defend the rights of all immigrants to education, health care, and full civil and legal rights and call for an unconditional amnesty program for all undocumented people. We oppose the imposition of any fees on those receiving amnesty. We call for full citizenship rights upon demonstrating residency for six months. Source: Socialist Party Platform at 2020-2021 PSL Convention , Aug 3, 2020

Don't militarize the US-Mexico border; freely cross instead

The Socialist Party works to build a world in which everyone will be able to freely move across borders, to visit and to live wherever they choose. We recognize the central role global capitalism plays in forcing the immigration of people from the less developed to the more industrialized countries, often leading to further economic and social injustice.

We oppose the militarization of the United States/Mexican border, and an increase in the service budget instead of the "military" budget of the INS.
We defend the rights of all immigrants to education, health care, and full civil and legal rights and call for an unconditional amnesty program for all undocumented people. We oppose the imposition of any fees on those receiving amnesty.
We oppose "guest worker" programs.
We call for full citizenship rights upon demonstrating residency for six months.

Source: Socialist Party USA: 2013-2015 National Platform , Nov 4, 2014

End the militarization of the US/Mexican border

The Socialist Party calls for an end to the militarization of the US/Mexican border, an end to police raids of immigrants, and we defend the rights of all immigrants to education, health care, & full civil and legal rights. We call for an unconditional amnesty program for all undocumented people, and full citizenship rights upon demonstrating residency for six months. Source: Interview of Socialist nominee Brian Moore with OnTheIssues , Apr 3, 2008

Full rights and equality for all undocumented immigrants

All undocumented immigrants and residents in the United States should have full rights and equality now. That means equal wages, benefits, union rights, voting rights, and access to free, quality education, housing and health care. The government's war on immigrants must end. Racist home and job raids must be stopped and concentration camp-style detention centers must be dismantled. The border wall must be dismantled. Source: Party for Socialism and Liberation website, pslweb.org , Jan 16, 2008

Give sanctuary to illegal immigrants & full social services

give equal rights to all immigrants and recognize their presence in large part is due to unfair US economic policies toward their countries, or bad human conditions.
give sanctuary to illegal immigrants in the US, full social services
impact immigration influx not with walls or guns or threats of imprisonment, but with fairer policies toward all other countries
oppose English as the only official language

Source: Presidential Socialist nominee website, VoteBrianMoore.com , Dec 23, 2007

Amnesty for immigrants; grant them full rights

We defend the rights of immigrants to housing, education, health care, jobs, and civil, legal, and political rights.

We call for an unconditional amnesty program for undocumented people who should be accorded the same civil rights that other members of society possess.

Source: Socialist Party Platform (via 2000 nominee David McReynolds) , Jan 1, 2000

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