Sign the resolution ( DSA Members). Uniting Against the Ultra Right

 

Pathway to Citizenship Proposed

 A California lawmaker is trying to create a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers. On Monday, Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Merced, introduced Senate Bill 831 — the Agricultural Worker Permanent Residency Program. The bill would authorize the California governor to work with the federal government to establish a pilot program allowing agricultural workers to start a process toward legal status. The legislation is an attempt to stabilize California’s agricultural workforce, a feat the federal government has tried to accomplish on a national level for decades. Last year, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed twice in the House but never came to a vote in the Senate. 

 

“Creating a pathway to permanent residency status allows our undocumented friends, family and neighbors to come out of the shadows, to live lives free of fear and allow them to qualify for the safety net programs that they deserve and pay into,” said Caballero in a statement. Between one-third to half of all farmworkers in the United States reside in California, which would include about 500,000 to 800,000 people, according to the Center for Farmworker Families. About 75% of California farmworkers are undocumented, according to the UC Merced Community and Labor Center. OTHER STATE PROPOSALS FAILED Under the bill, undocumented farmworkers who have lived in California and worked in agriculture for five years would qualify. Federal standards for citizenship would apply including a criminal history background check, national security check and fees. Application fees for permanent resident status vary but are generally $1,225 for individuals aged 14 to 78. Similar, less aggressive, legislation has failed in the past. In 2018, Caballero and Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella authored AB 1885, which died in the Assembly Labor Committee. The proposed legislation would have formed a group of state representatives to create a state guest worker program.

 

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273923780.html#storylink=cpy

DSA Members are urged to sign the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees Resolution.

 

The resolution on the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees was written by members of the national Immigrants' Rights Working Group. This resolution reaffirms our commitment to building with working-class communities of color currently outside of DSA. The proposal is intended to prioritize this crucial work with action and calls for a modest budgetary allocation. 

 

 

https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/defend-immigrant-rights-at-the-convention-sign-one-more-resolution

 

There is a different form for each proposal. 

• Unite Against the Ultra Right: https://tinyurl.com/dsa23UR
• On the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees: https://forms.gle/mjT8X8SEAtt4VUkd8  
• Big Tent amendment: https://tinyurl.com/dsa23BT

Defend Immigrants Rights

 

 

Defend Immigrants Rights 

( for members of Democratic Socialists of America)

 

As you may know, the 2021 Convention is coming up this August. As we lead up to the Convention, the Immigrants' Rights Working Group Steering Committee unanimously adopted a Priority Resolution On the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees. 

We need 100 signatures before April 15 in order for the resolution to reach the convention floor. A link to the resolution can also be found on the signature form here.

Sign to support the Resolution On Defense of Immigrants and Refugees

 

Immigrants in the United States are living under apartheid conditions. Under the U.S. constitution, persons living in the U.S. are promised basic human rights; however, under the current legal framework migrants in the U.S. are disenfranchised from basic legal protections. The migrant working class constitutes ast least 22 % of the working class.  This working class population – residents of the U.S., should not be ignored by a socialist platform. 

Political projects including the (draft)  platform position to treat immigration as only or primarily a subcategory of Internationalism,  do not include a substantive and realistic analysis  the migrant working class in the nation fail to understand both race and class in the U.S. and thus fail to address our  fundamental political tasks.

 Of course there is an international component to the migration issues just as there is an international component of the ecological crisis, and the need to rebuild a labor movement and a socialist movement.  The world is experiencing a major restructuring of the global economy directed by self-interested transnational corporations. The impoverishment of the vast majority of people in pursuit of profits for the minority has pushed millions to migrant in search of food, jobs, and security. Global capitalism produces global migration. NAFTA and other trade agreements produces a new wave of migration. The economic restructuring of Asia, Africa, and Latin America has pushed millions to migrate to the U.S. in search of a  safety and a decent standard of living. 

 

How you can assist ?

 

If you are a  DSA member, please read the linked  proposed resolution (above)  on the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees as drafted by the Immigrants Rights Working Group. ( IMWG).

If you agree with the perspective, you are invited to endorse the resolution using the link provided. If we get 100 signatures, the resolution will go forward to the convention for consideration. Only DSA members may endorse this resolution. 

Please complete your signing before April 13, 2021.

If you are not a DSA member, you may join at dsausa.org