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-- No oppressive guest worker two-tiered program allowing employers the right to pay visa workers lower wages, provide no labor protections, and offer little or no right to future US citizenship.
-- No employer "no-match" Social Security letters to fire immigrants and repeal of employer sanction law.
-- Yes to a clear, fair one-tiered path for undocumented workers to gain legal status and an opportunity for citizenship.
-- Yes to family reunifications through additional visa numbers and elimination of long family reunification backlog delays.
-- Yes to strengthening existing labor law protection to include all immigrant workers including their human and civil rights.
-- Yes to the right to organize and bargain collectively on equal terms with management.
-- Yes to the Dream Act with provisions for states to aid immigrants with benefits like providing in-state tuition aid and enable students of good moral character to qualify for legal residency.
-- Yes to extending benefits to LGBT immigrant families, passing the Uniting American Families Act for same sex and unmarried partners, and lifting the HIV ban on immigration.
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