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With the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and attacks, immigration will inevitably be a major issue in state legislatures in the 2008 session.&nbsp; The goal of this strategy document&nbsp;is to provide an outline of strategies and resources that state legislative leaders and advocates can use to challenge the anti-immigrant movements in their states.</P> <P class=Section1><A href="#_Toc182630667">Changing the Narrative on Immigration Politics</A>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Even as anti-immigrant policies have been enacted in a number of states, other states have also been enacting smart, humane policies that raises living standards for all workers, undocumented and native worker alike, while encouraging maximum integration of new immigrants into our communities.&nbsp; State leaders and advocates can use smart policy campaigns to change the public debate on immigration both at the state level and nationally.</P> <P class=section1><A href="#_Toc182630668">Launching the State Immigration Project</A>: Working with allied labor, civil rights, religious, and community organizations, the Progressive States Network is launching the State Immigration Project, which will support state legislative leaders and advocates in challenging the rising anti-immigrant movement at the state level. The goal will be to defeat bad legislation and pass humane immigration legislation where possible, but also to create opportunities to highlight the positive contributions of immigrants to our states. &nbsp;These policy campaigns will emphasize those issues that evoke the many positive feelings the public has about immigrants, a counterbalance to the negative "wedge" messaging of the anti-immigrant rightwing.&nbsp; &nbsp;The campaign overall will have a five-part strategy: </P> <DIV class=Section1> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A name=OLE_LINK19></A><A name=OLE_LINK18></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK19">Emphasize the political costs of anti-immigrant political positions&nbsp;and the long-term political gains from humane, inclusive immigration&nbsp;politics </SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Stress the facts that counter anti-immigrant lies <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Promote policies that overcome anti-immigrant "wedge" politics&nbsp;and helps to unite progressive constituencies. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Emphasize the issues that divide even many conservative voters from anti-immigrant advocates <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Generate national messaging on the positive steps being taken by states on the immigration issue </LI></UL></DIV> <P><A title="Making Immigration a Winning Issue- The Political Case Against Anti-Immigrant Politics" href="#_Toc182630669">Making Immigration a Winning Issue- The Political Case Against Anti-Immigrant Politics</A>: The reality is that globalization is driving economic changes, including immigration, that cause fear and uncertainty for many voters.&nbsp; If progressives promote economic policies that address the broader economic needs of working families, all polling shows that there is no majority for punitive measures against undocumented immigrants.&nbsp; And given the rapid expansion of legal immigrants voting in US elections, including the doubling of the Latino electorate from 7.5 million voters in 2000 to an estimated 14 million voters in 2008, there is&nbsp;no political leadership future for politicians who promote punitive policies against new immigrants and alienate this growing bloc of voters.</P> <P class=section1><A href="#_Toc182630673">Smart State Policy to Deflect Anti-Immigrant Attacks</A>: Progressive leaders need to promote policies&nbsp;that will highlight that those leading the anti-immigrant charge are actually against the interests of working families of all races and immigrant status. Key progressive immigration strategies include: </P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><A href="#_Toc182630674">Wage Enforcement as Immigration Policy</A>: Much of the anger at immigrants&nbsp;derives from fears that&nbsp;sweatshops&nbsp;and sub-minimum wage labor will undermine wage standards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Punishing employers who violate wage laws will politically unite all workers, immigrant and native alike, and actually strengthen the progressive political base.&nbsp; If wage enforcement bills end up being attached to anti-immigrant bills, many in the business lobby will break their current alliances with anti-immigrant politicians. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><A href="#_Toc182630678">Encouraging Immigrant Integration and Naturalization</A>: Progressives need to emphasize that all available evidence shows that most are eager to become full members of our communities if given a chance. <SPAN class=grame>highlight</SPAN> policies that help all immigrants better integrate, which will unite the interests of legal and undocumented immigrants along with the members of their communities who are already voting citizens. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><A href="#_Toc182630681">Immigrants and Public Benefits</A>: While state leaders and advocates need to highlight the studies that show that undocumented immigrants&nbsp;actually pay more in taxes than they use in public benefits, they also need to demand studies of the lost benefits to citizens and the costs to taxpayers from onerous anti-immigrant enforcement rules.&nbsp;&nbsp; Progressive leaders should also demand that the federal government, which receives billions in taxes paid by undocumented workers, share those revenues with states to expand services for communities with heavy immigrant populations. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><A href="#_Toc182630685">Voting Reform versus "Voter ID" Attacks</A>:&nbsp;&nbsp; Despite the complete lack of evidence that non-citizens have illegally voted in US elections, progressives need to challenge the voter ID requirements that are disenfranchising many legal voters. While voter ID laws need to be defeated, the other part of progressive mobilization should be demanding that voting be made easier, through reforms like same day registration and voting by mail, for people who do overcome these new barriers to proving their legal right to vote. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><A href="#_Toc182630686">Immigrant Outreach as Public Safety and Anti-Terror Policy</A>: Most law enforcement groups recognize that it is harder to protect victims of crime when millions of people living in our communities are fearful of talking to the police when they see a crime or are a victim of one. Progressive leaders can highlight this reality by promoting policies that protect undocumented immigrant victims and witnesses of crime when they contact the police and encourage community policing efforts involving undocumented immigrant communities.&nbsp; </LI></UL> <P><A href="#_Toc182630687">Strengthening Progressive Alliances and Finding New Conservative Allies on the Immigration Issue</A>: Beyond individual policy options, advocates&nbsp;and&nbsp;elected leaders need to emphasize that the coalition in support of humane policies involving new immigrants is diverse and cuts into even many seemingly conservative communities.&nbsp;&nbsp; Elected leaders can build on traditional support from many African-American leaders to labor unions to forge alliances with forward-looking business leaders and religious leaders, including many evangelicals, who recognize that&nbsp;smart, humane&nbsp;immigration policies for our communities is a source of both moral and social strength. </P> <P><A href="#_Toc182630688">Conclusion- Moral Immigration Politics is Smart Politics</A>:&nbsp;As this strategy memo outlines, moral immigration politics are also smart politics in the long-term, since the present coalition for humane immigration policy is rapidly being joined&nbsp;by new citizens who are unlikely to forgive politicians who vote wrong in the coming legislative session.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ultimately, there is no political future for the politicians leading the drive to enact anti-immigrant laws, while those elected leaders who step up with intelligent, humane policies will be the long-term political winners of the current debate.</P> <P><o:p>&nbsp;------------------------</o:p></P> <a name=TOC></a><H2><o:p><FONT color=#ff0000>Table of Contents</FONT></o:p></H2> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>TOC \o &quot;1-3&quot; \n \h \z \u <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]--><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630665"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630666">Executive Summary: Fighting the Anti-Immigrant Movement in the States</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630667">Introduction- Changing the Narrative on Immigration Politics in the States</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630668">Launching the State Immigration Project</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630669">Making Immigration a Winning Issue: The Political Case Against Anti-Immigrant Politics</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630670">In the Short-term, No Need to Give in to Anti-immigrant Politics</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630671">In the Longer-Term, Anti-Immigrant Politics are Political Suicide</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630672">The California Precedent: How Anti-Immigrant Politics Marginalized the Right</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630673">Using Smart State Policy to Deflect the Anti-Immigrant Attack</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630674">Wage Enforcement as Immigration&nbsp;Policy</A></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630675">Why Going After Wage Law Violators Matters</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630676">Increasing Immigrant Labor Rights to Undermine Employer Lawbreaking</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630677">What States are Doing to Enforce Wage Laws</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630678">Encouraging Immigrant Integration and Naturalization</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630679">The Need for Integration Policies</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630680">State Policies to Assist Naturalization</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630681">Immigrants and Public Benefits</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630682">Citizens Lose Benefits under Bad Immigration Policies</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630683">No Savings from Benefit ID Rules</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630684">Positive Alternative State Policies on Public Benefits</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630685">Voting Reform versus "Voter ID" Attacks</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630686">Immigrant&nbsp;Outreach as Public Safety and Anti-Terror Policy</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630687">Strengthening Progressive Alliances and Finding New Conservative Allies on the Immigration Issues</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630688">Conclusion- Moral Immigration Politics is Smart Politics</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630689"><FONT color=#ff0000>Appendix A: State Immigration Policy Resources and Links</FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630690">Broad Immigration Policy Resources</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630691">Voting and Naturalization Trends&nbsp;in Immigrant Communities</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630692">Background on the Anti-Immigrant Rightwing</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630693">Data&nbsp;Resources: Demographics and Economics</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630694">Wage Enforcement as Immigration Policy</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630695">Enforcing Wage Laws</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630696">Anti-Sweatshop Procurement Policies</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630697">Problems with E-Verify Immigrant Screening</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630698">Effects of Workplace Raids</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630699">Encouraging Immigrant Integration and Naturalization</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630700">Immigrants and Public Benefits</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630701">Research on Taxes Paid and Benefits Used by Immigrant Communities</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630702">Research on Effects of Benefit ID Rules</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630703">Voting Reform versus "Voter ID" Attacks</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630704">Research on Lack of Voter Fraud by Immigrants</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630705">Immigrant Outreach as Public Safety and Anti-Terror Policy</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630706">Community Policing and Immigrant Communities</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630707">Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc3 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630708">Licenses and Identification</A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630709"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#ff0000>Appendix B: Pro-Immigrant Measures Available to State&nbsp;or&nbsp;Local&nbsp;Governments</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoToc1 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630710"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt"><FONT color=#ff0000>A QUICK MENU OF AFFIRMATIVE IDEAS</FONT></SPAN></A>&nbsp;from the <STRONG>National Immigration Law Center</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630713"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Enforcement and enhancement of labor and employment&nbsp;law&nbsp;protection</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630714"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting public safety and protecting confidentiality</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630715"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting access to health, housing, legal, and social&nbsp;services</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630716"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting English language instruction and access for English&nbsp;language&nbsp;learners</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630717"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting community membership and civic participation</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630718"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Investing in students by facilitating access to the educational&nbsp;system</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630719"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting entrepreneurialism, wealth-building, and utilization of mainstream financial services</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630720"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Improving government communication and coordination over programs promoting immigrant integration</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630721"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Protecting immigrants from exploitation</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630722"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Building greater appreciation for the contributions of immigrants and causes of immigration</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <LI> <DIV class=MsoToc2 style="tab-stops: right dotted 431.5pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="#_Toc182630723"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Signaling support for immigrants and humane immigration reform through resolutions</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI></UL> <P><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630667><FONT color=#ff0000>Introduction- Changing the Narrative on Immigration Politics in the States</FONT></A></H2> <P class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 coordsize = "21600,21600" o:preferrelative = "t" o:spt = "75" filled = "f" stroked = "f" path = " m@4@5 l@4@11@9@11@9@5 xe"><v:stroke joinstyle = "miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn = "if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @0 1 0 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum 0 0 @1 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @2 1 2 "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @3 21600 pixelWidth "></v:f><v:f eqn = "prod @3 21600 pixelHeight "></v:f><v:f eqn = "sum @0 0 1 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v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]>During the 2006 and 2007 sessions, legislation dealing with immigration has been promoted and enacted in many state legislatures across the country. And with the failure of comprehensive immigration legislation at the federal level, immigration will likely be even more of a dominant issue in the 2008 state legislative sessions. </P> <P>Much of this legislation has taken the form of anti-immigrant legislation, where even when the legislation has not passed, the attacks on immigrants has been a subtext undermining many state proposals in areas ranging from health care to voting rights, as the focus on excluding undocumented immigrants from participation has led to political deadlock.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <DIV> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">Across the country in 2006, <A href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/immig/6ImmigEnactedLegis3.htm">570 bills involving immigrants</A> were introduced in state legislatures. </LI></UL></DIV> <DIV> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">In 2007, that number <A href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/immig/2007StateLegislationImmigration.htm">increased to 1169</A>. </LI></UL></DIV> <DIV> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">These have been joined by a slew of <A href="http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/discrim/27848res20070105.html"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">local anti-immigrant ordinances</SPAN></STRONG></A> across the country. </LI></UL></DIV> <DIV> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in">Six states-- <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Arizona</st1:State></st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region></st1:country-region>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:State>, and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State></st1:State></st1:place> -- have enacted significant anti-immigrant legislation in the last two years. </LI></UL></DIV> <P class=section1>Yet, often less emphasized by the media, state and local governments across the country have also enacted many programs that include immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, within public benefit programs, extend higher education to immigrants growing up in those states, and created a range of programs to better include new immigrants in the cultural life of those communities and bring new citizens more firmly into the democratic system of those states.&nbsp;&nbsp; These pro-immigrant policies include:</P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> state&nbsp;courts in 2006 held that undocumented immigrants have full rights to sue under state labor laws<SPAN class=msoins0>.&nbsp; Other states have worked with immigrant communities to crack down on employers violating minimum wage and other employment laws.</SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in">Nebraska last year joined nine other states that have passed the DREAM ACT-- in-state tuition for aspireing undocumented college-bound students. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> has created the most comprehensive "New Americans Policy" to expand English language programs, welcome centers, jobs programs and document translation programs aimed at new immigrants. Joined by 11 other states with similar smaller-scale programs. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>' new AllKids program extended coverage to children of all income levels, regardless of immigration status. Joined by MA, HI, NY, and CA as those states continued to expand health benefits for many immigrant children. WA this spring extended health coverage to all children in families up to 250% of the federal poverty line, again regardless of immigration status. </LI></UL> <P>Yet despite the many positive pro-immigrant policies extended across the country, a false national narrative that anti-immigrant policies dominate state politics has emerged.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reality is that in the states, we are seeing a mix of both very positive policies favoring the integration of new immigrants, both legal and undocumented, into our communities along with the&nbsp;anti-immigrant policies that get so many of the headlines.</P> <P>What this reflects is a country where elected leaders, like many voters,&nbsp;are unsure what to do on the immigration issue.&nbsp; More prosaically, it reflects a divide between some politicians thinking they can gain political advantage from directing disdain and even hatred towards a population perceived as lacking the political power&nbsp;to retaliate at the polls versus other elected&nbsp;leaders who recognize that L<SPAN class=spelle>atino</SPAN> and other new immigrant voting populations are growing in almost every state and that anti-immigrant&nbsp;politics is long-term political suicide for any American political party or movement.</P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630668><FONT color=#ff0000>Launching the State Immigration Project</FONT></A></H2> <P class=section1>This strategy memo is part of Progressive States Network s work in helping to develop a positive state immigration legislative program for the 2008 legislative calendar, build a coordinated network supporting the legislation, and create a national messaging strategy aimed to reinforce those state-level strategies.&nbsp;&nbsp; <A name=OLE_LINK7></A><A name=OLE_LINK8></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7">Working with a wide range of allied</SPAN><A name=OLE_LINK1></A><A name=OLE_LINK2></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"> labor, civil rights, religious, and community organizations</SPAN>, <A name=OLE_LINK9></A><A name=OLE_LINK10></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9">Progressive States is launching the State Immigration Project to support state legislative leaders and advocates to challenge the rising anti-immigrant movement at the state level. </SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=section1><A name=OLE_LINK11></A><A name=OLE_LINK12></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK11">The goal of the State Immigration Project will be to defeat bad legislation and pass humane immigration legislation where possible, but also to create opportunities for hearings and associated positive media to highlight the positive contributions of immigrants to state economies and emphasize those issues that evoke the many positive feelings the public has about immigrants, a counterbalance to the negative "wedge" messaging of the anti-immigrant rightwing. </SPAN>The overall goal is to create a sustained pro-immigrant message in the states throughout 2008, using progressive legislative policies to keep a focus off the anti-immigrant alternatives. </P> <P class=section1><A name=OLE_LINK33></A><A name=OLE_LINK34><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33">For immigrant advocates, this involves a five-part strategy for the coming legislative sessions in the states and at the local level:</SPAN></A></P> <P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Emphasize the political costs of anti-immigrant political positions&nbsp;and the long-term political gains from humane, inclusive immigration&nbsp;politics </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Stress the facts that counter anti-immigrant lies </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Promote policies that overcome&nbsp;anti-immigrant "wedge" politics&nbsp;and helps to unite progressive constituencies </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Emphasize the issues that divide even many conservative voters from anti-immigrant advocates </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK34"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK33"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Generate national messaging on the positive steps being taken by states on the immigration issue</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=section1>Anti-immigrant advocates have the goal of dominating the media and political debate by pushing their policies aimed at heightening tensions and even hatred between various groups, so progressives need to emphasize the policies that unite most of the population to create an alternative media and political focus.&nbsp; </P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630669></A><A name=_Toc182594355></A><A name=_Toc182581805></A><A name=_Toc182569174><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182581805"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182594355"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630669"><FONT color=#ff0000>Making Immigration a Winning Issue: </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><A name=OLE_LINK20></A><A name=OLE_LINK21></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182581805"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182594355"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630669"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><FONT color=#ff0000>The Political Case Against Anti-Immigrant Politics</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></H2><u2:p></u2:p> <P>The first step is to firmly highlight the short- and long-term political costs of anti-immigrant positions by elected leaders.&nbsp; Advocates need to change any media narratives and conventional wisdom that the "smart" position for elected leaders is to attack undocumented immigrants.&nbsp; </P> <P>The reality is that globalization is driving economic changes, including immigration, that cause fear and uncertainty for many voters.&nbsp; Given <A href="http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20071003">stagnating wages</A> for most workers this decade and the low-wage conditions in which immigrants are often employed, this does create fears that new immigrants are undercutting living standards for native workers.&nbsp; When a recent <A href="http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Democracy_Corps_October_30_2007_Memo.pdf" target=_blank>Democracy Corps poll</A> found that 70 percent of the public says the country is on the 'wrong track,' the poll found that&nbsp;this&nbsp;derived from feelings of "big business getting whatever they want in Washington, leaders forgetting the middle class, and America doing nothing about problems at home."&nbsp; Furthermore, a recent <A href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119144942897748150.html" target=_blank>Wall Street Journal Poll</A> on the eve of the 2007 legislative elections found that a majority of both Republican and Democratic voters felt that America's current globalization policies have been bad for American workers. When people feel economic fear and don't see anyone acting to help them, anger and scapegoating, as with some of the attacks on immigrants, is often the result.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Especially when many leaders aren't offering a more general vision of demanding corporate accountability and standing up for the concerns of working families, that danger of scapegoating just increases.</P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630670>In the Short-term, No Need to Give in to Anti-immigrant Politics</A></H3> <P>Yet the public itself is divided and conflicted on immigration.&nbsp; Many voters do advocate beefed up border enforcement, but overwhelmingly <A href="http://www.immigrationline.org/commentary.asp?opedid=1580">support legalization </A>and other measures to bring existing undocumented immigrants into mainstream American society.&nbsp; And while exact numbers change in different polls based on changes in the wording of the question -- a sign of the mixed feelings of voters on the issue -- there is no majority for the kind of anti-immigrant policies promoted by some rightwing forces.&nbsp; For example, a <A href="http://www.tcf.org/Publications/MediaPolitics/teixeira6-28-06.pdf">broad survey of polling</A> by the Century Foundation and Center for American Progress found that the public was broadly divided on the costs and benefits from immigration, with many Americans holding deep respect for the hard work and aspirations of new immigrants.&nbsp; Despite claims that anti-immigrant politics would help elect conservative candidates in both 2006 and 2007, progressive candidates actually made gains in states across the country.</P> <P>This means that there is no real national majority for punitive measures against undocumented immigrants.&nbsp; In a few states, especially those with less experience with older waves of immigration, there has been more visceral reactions around immigration, but the underlying poll numbers show that even in the short-term in such states, an intelligent, progressive response by elected leaders that addresses underlying economic and social fears is a better response than political <SPAN class=spelle>scapegoating</SPAN>. </P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630671>In the Longer-Term, Anti-Immigrant Politics are Political Suicide</A></H3> <P>While some rightwing politicians see appeals to xenophobia as a smart political strategy, the reality is that Latino citizens are one of the fastest growing demographics-- and a traditional swing vote in elections.&nbsp; Part of the reason for progressive victories in 2006 was a <A href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061114/14latinos.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">backlash by Latino voters</SPAN></A> (see also <A href="http://www.immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=856">here</A>) against what they saw as anti-immigrant conservative politicians. </P> <P>Advocates need to highlight these longer term trends.&nbsp; While most focus has been on the millions of undocumented immigrants, much ignored are the estimated eight million legal immigrants who are now being mobilized to apply for citizenship. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (<A title=NALEO href="http://www.naleo.org/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">NALEO</SPAN></STRONG></A>) organized the<A title="ya es hora ¡Ciudadania!" href="http://www.yaeshora.info/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=spelle><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">ya</SPAN></B></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=spelle><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">es</SPAN></B></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=spelle><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">hora</SPAN></B></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=spelle><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">¡Ciudadania</SPAN></B></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">!</SPAN></STRONG></A> (It's About Time - Citizenship!) campaign coordinated by national organizations, community groups, unions such as SEIU, and media partners like Univision to motivate eligible permanent residents to apply for citizenship. The results of this effort to draw more Hispanics into the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> political process has been overwhelming:</P> <P>Citizenship applications doubled in 2007 in areas where the campaign was launched&nbsp;and have <A title="increased 65%" href="http://www.naleo.org/pr072707.html"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">increased 65%</SPAN></STRONG></A> across the country (and over 110% in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>!). Latinos made up only 6% of the electorate back in 2004, but with massive voter registration and citizenship drives, the rightwing seems to have awakened a sleeping giant that will soon have political clout more in line with its 14.3% of the population.&nbsp; The centrist New Democratic Network (NDN) has <A href="http://www.ndn.org/hispanic/hispanics-rising.pdf">highlighted data</A>&nbsp;that the Hispanic electorate is projected to expand from 7.5 million voters in 2000 to 14 million in 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp; NDN argues that "The Republican handling of immigration has been one of the biggest strategic mistakes by a modern Party in recent American history."&nbsp; But they are not alone in that assessment.&nbsp; <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:country-region></st1:place>'s Majority, a conservative strategy center, has <A href="http://www.amermaj.com/Border_Web.pdf">highlighted the political losses</A> by politicians taking hard-line anti-immigrant stances in 2006, arguing <EM>"Any policy that induces mass fear in illegal aliens will induce mass anger in legal aliens."&nbsp; </EM>They argue that rightwing politics could cost the GOP 3.5 to 4.7 million Latino votes in 2008.&nbsp; </P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630672>The </A><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630672">California</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630672"> Precedent: How Anti-Immigrant Politics Marginalized the Right</SPAN></H3> <P>Advocates need to point to California where conservative politicians controlled both legislative chambers and the governorship in the mid-90s only to see a&nbsp;Latino backlash against the anti-immigrant Proposition 187 drive <A href="http://faculty.washington.edu/mbarreto/papers/California2000.pdf">massive electoral mobilization </A>and the progressive takeover of the state legislature within a couple of years.&nbsp; Nearly 600,000 Latinos naturalized between 1990 and 1999</P> <P>Traditionally, Latino citizens have voted at <A href="http://pewhispanic.org/files/execsum/48.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">far lower rates</SPAN></STRONG></A> than eligible whites, but that appears to be changing as such potential voters are being mobilized to vote, just as Latino (and other immigrant) voting <A href="http://www.azteca.net/aztec/immigrat/politics2.html"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">spiked</SPAN></STRONG></A> in California in the mid-90s after the anti-immigrant Prop 187 was passed in that state.&nbsp; A key to the progressive victories in <st1:State u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:State> was that Latino political surge went hand-in-hand with new political alliances involving new labor-community alliances that put the rights of all working families front-and-center in the politics of <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State></st1:State></st1:place>. </P> <P>Before Prop 187 passed, former Congressman and 1996 GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Jack Kemp had warned his party that the party was about to repeat past mistakes, mistakes that alienated ethnic whites for generations with earlier anti-immigrant policies and lost the African-American vote&nbsp;by turning away from civil rights.&nbsp; We need to highlight the prophetic voice of humane conservatives who highlighted the dead-end future for anti-immigrant politics in a country of increasing turnout by new citizens.&nbsp; Similarly,&nbsp;progressive leaders need to be warned that they could lose a historic political opportunity to consolidate a governing majority in the future if they ape the anti-immigrant politics out of short-term desperation.</P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630673><FONT color=#ff0000>Using </FONT></A><FONT color=#ff0000><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630673">Smart</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630673"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630673"> Policy to Deflect the Anti-Immigrant Attack</SPAN></FONT></H2> <P>The key for responding to these anti-immigrant attacks is to respond with policies that put those promoting anti-immigrant policies on the defensive.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their goal is to pit African-American voters against L<SPAN class=spelle>atinos</SPAN>, legal immigrants against undocumented immigrants, and white workers against undocumented workers.&nbsp;&nbsp; So progressive leaders need to promote policies that will highlight that those leading the anti-immigrant charge are actually against the interests of working families of all races and immigrant status.</P> <P>Anti-immigrant politics are focusing largely on five main messages:</P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Undocumented immigrants are undercutting jobs and wages for native workers <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Immigrants aren't assimilating or learning English <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Undocumented immigrants are a burden to taxpayers <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Non-citizens may be voting illegally <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in">Immigrants cause crime and are a threat to national security </LI></UL> <P>Progressives need to highlight not only the facts that refute these arguments, but identify policies that undercut the political alliances anti-immigrant forces are trying to establish around these arguments.&nbsp; <SPAN class=msoins0>We highlight resources and links below to a range of resources to support such goals (see Appendix A below) and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Immigration</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has a good summary of suggested policies (see attached&nbsp;Appendix B below&nbsp;at the end of this document).&nbsp; However, </SPAN>the key for progressives is to use them actively to focus public debate in ways that focus in the areas where public attitudes towards immigrants are most positive and to direct frustrations over the economy at the corporate interests who are most responsible for stagnating family incomes.</P> <P>Different policies will no doubt be promoted in different states.&nbsp; In a number of states where heavy immigration in the modern era is a relatively new phenomena, political leaders are facing more fear among the public and may have to be more strategic in the policies they promote.&nbsp;&nbsp; In such states, a heavier focus on issues like wage enforcement policies may be the best options to create the greatest unity among progressive constituencies.&nbsp;&nbsp; In other states where long-term immigrant communities are politically mobilized in broader local alliances, passing more pro-active immigrant policies can help change the national narrative and emphasize the strong pro-immigrant constituences across the nation.</P> <H2><FONT color=#ff0000>Wage Enforcement as Immigration Policy</FONT></H2> <P><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id=_x0000_s1027 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; Z-INDEX: 2; MARGIN-LEFT: 147.5pt; WIDTH: 187.5pt; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 124.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" type = "#_x0000_t75" coordsize = "21600,21600" alt = "" o:allowoverlap = "f"><v:imagedata src = "Strategy%20document-%20Good%20Trellian%20version_files/sweatshop.jpg"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type = "square"></w:wrap></v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=250 height=166 src="http://www.progressivestates.org/sync/images/dispatch/sweatshop.jpg" align=right border=1 v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]>While many advocates of "fighting illegal immigration" claim to be doing so in the name of helping low-income workers, it is remarkable that almost none of them are addressing the pervasive theft of low-income worker wages by employers violating of wage laws.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>Advocates and progressive state leaders need to emphasize a few key points:</P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Only a minority of those working under illegal work conditions are undocumented immigrants; <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">Our nation's systematic lack of enforcement of wage laws has contributed to the dysfunction of our immigration system; <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in">And the denial of employment rights to such immigrants has only further undermined wage law enforcement, thereby feeding more low-wage immigration. </LI></UL> <P>Since going after employers who violate wage laws will politically unite all workers, immigrant and native alike, cracking down on those employers will actually strengthen the progressive political base.&nbsp; If anti-immigrant politicians resist such laws, it will just emphasize that their concern for wage losses by low-income workers is empty and is just a smokescreen for hatred and <SPAN class=spelle>nativism</SPAN>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>Where anti-immigrant politicians propose workplace sanctions against immigrants, progressives should be proposing amendments that highlight the broader illegality of broken wage and safety laws that undermine workplace standards for all Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp; If every immigration bill is tied to proposals to tighten enforcement of wage and employment laws, many in the business lobby will break their current alliances with anti-immigrant politicians.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630675>Why Going After Wage Law Violators Matters</A></H3> <P>Public concerns about the decline in wage standards in the economy is not unwarranted, especially with the <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/221/04242006-stateside-dispath-cracking-down-on-wage-law-violations#1">pervasive rise of sweatshops</A>. </P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">The U.S. Department of Labor found in 2000 that 60% of US <A href="http://www.dol.gov/esa/healthcare/surveys/printpage_nursing2000.htm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">nursing homes</SPAN></STRONG></A> routinely violated overtime, minimum wage, or child labor laws. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">Another 2004 study from DOL data found that 54% of contractors in the <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City></st1:City></st1:place> <A href="http://www.soc.duke.edu/sloan_2004/Papers/Weil_Minimum%20Wage%20paper_May04.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">garment industry</SPAN></STRONG></A> violated the minimum wage law. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in">And in 2005, a survey of hundreds of <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City></st1:City></st1:place> <A href="http://www.rocny.org/documents/ROC-NYExecSummary.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">restaurants</SPAN></STRONG></A> found that more than half were violating overtime or minimum wage laws. </LI></UL> <P>The key message progressives should emphasize is: eliminate the sweatshops and most of the incentive for employers to recruit undocumented workers disappears, a point the Progressive States Network&nbsp;has made in&nbsp;its "<A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/627/pervasive-violations-of-wage-laws-and-what-states-can-do-about-it#1">Pervasive Violations of Wage Laws -- and What States Can Do About It</A>," but also one that the Bush administration endorsed in their recent budget document, which itself <A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/pdf/appendix/lab.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">argued</SPAN></STRONG></A>, "[L]<SPAN class=spelle>abor</SPAN> standards enforcement efforts...will help to reduce the economic incentive for such illegal employment practices and will, in turn, help reduce illegal immigration." The problem is that while this rhetoric is nice, the reality is that the federal government let the minimum wage rate decline for years&nbsp; and provides few enforcement dollars, and applies minor punishments to offenders even if they get caught.</P> <P>The proposed federal budget this past year&nbsp;had a grand total of&nbsp;<A href="http://www.aflcio.org/issues/bushwatch/2007budget.cfm#wage"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">$177 million</SPAN></STRONG></A> appropriated to enforce our wage and hour laws, compared to <A href="http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=584"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">$13 billion</SPAN></STRONG></A> in the budget for border enforcement -- that's nearly <STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">one hundred times</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> as much</SPAN></STRONG> spent for border enforcement as for wage enforcement at the federal level, and adding in state funds doesn't change the numbers significantly.</P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630676>Increasing Immigrant Labor Rights to Undermine Employer Lawbreaking</A></H3> <P>In fact, cracking down on sweatshops and wage violators would be one of the most effective deterrent to employers recruiting undocumented immigrants, a point the <STRONG>Drum Major Institute</STRONG> makes in its "<A href="http://drummajorinstitute.org/immigration/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class</SPAN></STRONG></A>." If all employers have to pay a decent wage, the attraction of hiring undocumented immigrants would diminish tremendously. </P> <P>As&nbsp;a recent&nbsp;<st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Brennan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> report, "<A href="http://www.brennancenter.org/stack_detail.asp?key=97&amp;subkey=49239"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Unregulated Work in the Global City</SPAN></STRONG></A>,"&nbsp;&nbsp;argued: </P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"> <P>"The best inoculation against workplace violations is workers who know their rights, have full status under the law to assert them, have access to sufficient legal resources, and do not fear exposure or retaliation when bringing claims against their employers."</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Does such an approach work?&nbsp; In <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City></st1:place>, a historic gateway for immigration, the last decade saw a series of legislative crackdowns on sweatshop conditions and a raised minimum wage.&nbsp; As the <A href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1021507701.html?dids=1021507701:1021507701&amp;FMT=ABS&amp;FMTS=ABS:FT&amp;type=current&amp;date=Apr+16%2C+2006&amp;author=Ivan+Light&amp;pub=Los+Angeles+Times&amp;edition=&amp;startpage=M.3&amp;desc=How+L.A.+kept+out+a+million+migrants"><STRONG><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Los Angeles Times</SPAN></I></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488"> detailed</SPAN></STRONG></A>, the result&nbsp;was that&nbsp;an estimated one million undocumented immigrants bypassed the city, immigrating to states with weaker labor laws where low-wage employers could thrive hiring exploited undocumented workers.</P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630677>What States are Doing to Enforce Wage Laws</A></H3> <P><STRONG>S</STRONG>tates like <A href="http://www.crlaf.org/sb_1818_bill_20020829_enrolled.pdf"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">California</SPAN></B></A><B> </B>and <A href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1140516320391"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">New York</SPAN></B></A> have established clearly that their laws fully protect undocumented immigrants against retaliation when they bring wage claims against employers.&nbsp; In the words of <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>'s highest court, this is necessary since weak employment rights for undocumented workers makes "it more financially attractive to hire undocumented aliens [and] would actually increase employment levels of undocumented aliens, not decrease it." </P> <P>Most state enforcement divisions are woefully <SPAN class=spelle>underfunded</SPAN>, but some states are taking new actions to better fund wage enforcement. One of the most obvious places for states to beef up enforcement is making sure public money doesn't fund lawbreakers. <A href="http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17325468.htm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Ohio's Attorney General has announced</SPAN></STRONG></A> a program to crack down on government contractors violating the state's prevailing wage law. Richard J. Hobbs, executive vice-president&nbsp;of the Association of General Contractors, a construction trade group, applauded the plan since it "keeps your low-rate, less of a quality firm from coming in and underbidding" legitimate honest firms. </P> <P>As <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/620/ny-increasing-funds-for-legal-services-for-the-poor#1"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">PSN&nbsp;has highlighted</SPAN></STRONG></A>, a number of states are putting additional funds into independent legal services agencies, which can assist low-income workers in bringing civil cases when their employment rights are violated.&nbsp; </P> <P>States are also increasingly targeting the employer tactic of <A href="http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/NELP%20Sept%202005%20Leg%20Sum.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">misclassifying employees as "independent contractors,"</SPAN></STRONG></A> which excludes workers&nbsp;from minimum wage, prevailing wage, overtime, health and safety, and right to organize protections.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>A <A href="http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/reports/9/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">February report by Cornell University researchers</SPAN></STRONG></A> estimated, for example, that 704,000 of the seven million private-sector workers in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> state were misclassified as independent contractors, costing the state $175 million in unemployment insurance taxes each year and undermining those workers' rights.&nbsp; In response, recently elected Gov. Elliot Spitzer has vowed to revitalize the state labor department to <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/nyregion/09contractor.html?ex=1339041600&amp;en=6596af5b23d3d949&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">fight misclassification of workers</SPAN></STRONG></A>.&nbsp; And <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place> this year enacted a <A href="http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E777C06E675EF3D487257251007B6F30?open&amp;file=1366_enr.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">law requiring construction sites</SPAN></STRONG></A> to make sure all workers, whether officially employees or "independent contractors," are covered by workers' comp insurance.&nbsp; </P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630678><FONT color=#ff0000>Encouraging Immigrant Integration and Naturalization</FONT></A></H2> <P><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id=_x0000_s1028 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; Z-INDEX: 3; MARGIN-LEFT: 147.5pt; WIDTH: 187.5pt; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 125.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" type = "#_x0000_t75" coordsize = "21600,21600" alt = "" o:allowoverlap = "f"><v:imagedata src = "Strategy%20document-%20Good%20Trellian%20version_files/naturalization.jpg"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type = "square"></w:wrap></v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=250 height=167 src="http://www.progressivestates.org/sync/images/dispatch/naturalization.jpg" align=right border=1 v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"><![endif]>While anti-immigrant forces raise fears that recent immigrants resist integration into American society, progressives need to emphasize that all available evidence shows that most are eager to become full members of our communities if given a chance.&nbsp; Studies by research groups like <st1:place u1:st="on">RAND</st1:place> <A href="http://www.rand.org/news/press.03/05.22.html">have shown</A> that <SPAN class=spelle>latino</SPAN> immigrants, for example, are assimilating into the economy at the same rate as earlier waves of European&nbsp;immigrants.</P> <P>Politically, progressives can highlight policies that help all immigrants better integrate, which will unite the interests of legal and undocumented immigrants along with the members of their communities who are already voting citizens.&nbsp;&nbsp; Especially if anti-immigrant politicians oppose policies that help legal immigrants, it will emphasize to the voting parts of those communities that all the rhetoric about the problem being "illegal" immigration is empty and the bigotry is aimed at the whole ethnic community.</P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630679>The Need for Integration Policies</A></H3> <P>The reality is that immigrants want to learn English and join in their communities fully, but there is a shortage of English language classes across the country.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many business leaders&nbsp;recognize that problem and want better language training programs, diverging sharply from anti-immigrant groups wanting to deny such help.</P> <P>Illinois has created the <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/514/states-win-energy-dereg-fight-in-court#3">most comprehensive "New Americans Policy" </A>involving business, religious and community leaders to expand English language programs, welcome centers, jobs programs and document translation programs aimed at new immigrants. <A href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/immig/immigstateoffices05.htm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">11 other states</SPAN></STRONG></A> have offices that help tailor services to immigrants, but <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Illinois</st1:State></st1:place> is emerging as a leader among states in investing&nbsp;to integrate&nbsp;new immigrants into our society.</P> <P><A href="http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/01/29/News/Immigrants.To.Nebraska.Now.Enjoy.InState.Tuition-2681896.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com&amp;MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Nebraska last year</SPAN></STRONG></A>&nbsp;joined nine other states that have passed laws to provide the in-state tuition rate to undocumented immigrants who attend state colleges and universities. This year, both the <st1:State u1:st="on">Connecticut</st1:State> and <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> legislatures voted to do so as well, although the Governors in those states&nbsp;unfortunately both vetoed the bill. </P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630680>State Policies to Assist Naturalization</A></H3> <P>The other key policy states can emphasize is helping legal immigrants become voting citizens, a move that will strengthen the base for progressive politics. Again, if opposed by anti-immigrant forces,&nbsp;this&nbsp;will just further alienate those conservative forces politically from immigrant communities and lose them support among already naturalized immigrant community voters and their allies.</P> <P>States and local governments can take action to assist naturalization, from improving registration procedures at driver licensing offices and other government offices, and assisting in the naturalization process. Santa Clara County, California, developed an <A href="http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/ohr/menuitem.244564f66e6d425580b558bb35cda429/?path=%2Fv7%2FHuman%20Relations%2C%20Office%20of%20%28DEP%29%2FImmigrant%20Relations%20and%20Integration%20Services"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Immigrant Relations and Integration Services (IRIS)</SPAN></STRONG></A> to support immigrant integration programs in the county, one of the inspirations for <A href="http://www.immigrants.illinois.gov/NewAmericans.htm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Illinois' Office of New Americans</SPAN></STRONG></A>, which also helps with the naturalization process. <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place> operates an <A href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2agencylanding&amp;L=4&amp;L0=Home&amp;L1=Government&amp;L2=Departments+and+Divisions&amp;L3=Office+for+Refugees+and+Immigrants&amp;sid=Eeohhs2"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Office for Refugees and Immigrants</SPAN></STRONG></A> that also assists in citizenship efforts. </P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630681><FONT color=#ff0000>Immigrants and Public Benefits</FONT></A></H2> <P>Many of the attacks on immigrants focus on the idea that undocumented immigrants use more benefits than they pay in taxes.&nbsp; Advocates first need to highlight the <A href="http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411338">multiple</A> <A href="http://www.caimmigrant.org/source/%20Immigrant_contribution.pdf">studies</A> that have <A href="http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/undocumented">shown</A> that even when you total up the limited services for which they do qualify -- public school education and emergency medical care for example -- undocumented immigrants pay significantly more in state taxes than states spend on those benefits. The Texas State Controller, for example, estimated that undocumented immigrants added over $17 billion to the state economy and paid over $400 million more in taxes than they received in benefits from the state. </P> <P>Progressives need to emphasize two key points beyond educating the population: </P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">When draconian ID requirements are imposed, legal citizens, not undocumented immigrants, lose more benefits under such policies; <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">The costs of trying to screen out undocumented immigrants is higher than their current burden to taxpayers; <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in">Anti-immigrant politicians have made the problem worse for state and local leaders by denying federal aid for communities needing financial help from the federal level. </LI></UL> <H3><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id=_x0000_s1029 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; Z-INDEX: 4; MARGIN-LEFT: 147.5pt; WIDTH: 187.5pt; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 141.75pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" type = "#_x0000_t75" coordsize = "21600,21600" alt = "" o:allowoverlap = "f"><v:imagedata src = "Strategy%20document-%20Good%20Trellian%20version_files/esl.jpg"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type = "square"></w:wrap></v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=250 height=189 src="http://www.progressivestates.org/sync/images/dispatch/esl.jpg" align=right border=1 v:shapes="_x0000_s1029"><![endif]><A name=_Toc182630682>Citizens Lose Benefits under Bad Immigration Policies</A></H3> <P>ID requirements are usually so extreme that many legal citizens are turned away. For example, <st1:State u1:st="on">Colorado</st1:State> no longer accepts even a <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> passport as documentation to obtain a driver's license, leading to the irony that one of the state's main proponents of the bill saw his <A href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5019363,00.html">daughter rejected</A> for a license. The sad result, as the <A href="http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/LocalLaw/federalpreemptionfacts_2007-06-28.pdf">National Immigration Law Center notes</A>, is that "<st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:country-region u1:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> citizens are less likely than <SPAN class=spelle>noncitizens</SPAN> to have the documents required by the new verification laws." (p.7)&nbsp;</P> <P>This was highlighted when the federal government imposed new identification requirements for new applicants for Medicaid.&nbsp; The result? <A href="http://www.cbpp.org/%207-13-06health2.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Initial estimates</SPAN></A> were that 1.2 to 2.3 million citizens lacked the documents required by the new rules and were in danger of losing coverage.&nbsp; Follow-up studies by both the <A href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-2-07health.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Center for Budget and Policy Priorities</SPAN></A> and <A title="study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)" href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07889.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">the Government Accountability Office (GAO)</SPAN></A> found that Medicaid rolls declined in 44 states after Congress imposed the new requirements -- and most of those losing coverage were legal residents eligible for coverage but unable to produce the necessary documents. For other social programs covered by the states with the new anti-immigrant laws, confusion and fear led people to lose other benefits. </P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630683>No Savings from Benefit ID Rules</A></H3> <P>While the justification for passing these anti-immigrant laws was to save taxpayer money, follow-up studies have shown little evidence of any savings -- hardly surprising since there was little evidence beforehand that undocumented immigrants were receiving many benefits. In fact, one study in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place> found that the law there was costing the state an additional $2 million in increased administrative costs <A href="http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5081255"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">without any identifiable savings</SPAN></A>. </P> <P><STRONG>Federal Policies Making the Problem Worse:&nbsp;&nbsp;</STRONG>Since the federal government collects many taxes from undocumented immigrants, including social security taxes for which the federal government has to pay no benefits, a number of programs have been&nbsp;designed to funnel those revenues back to the states.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In fact, federal policies continue to deny help even for legal immigrants who clearly pay taxes.&nbsp; A clear example is the <A href="http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/47492/">failure to include funding for legal immigrant children</A> in the recent SCHIP bill approved by Congress.&nbsp; Programs like the <A href="http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2007,0906-crs.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)</SPAN></A>&nbsp;were also designed to channel some of those increased tax revenues to states that are particularly impacted by new immigrants to help them deal with increased costs that local tax revenues might not fully cover, yet&nbsp;the Bush&nbsp;administration and others have&nbsp;argued for <A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-budget9oct09,1,5775592.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;ctrack=5&amp;cset=true">cutting its funding</A>. </P> <H3><A name=_Toc182630684>Positive Alternative State Policies on Public Benefits</A></H3> <P>Rather than pursuing useless and costly attempts to deny benefits that undocumented immigrants don't even qualify for,&nbsp;many states are actually trying to spend <EM>more </EM>on new immigrants, recognizing that long-term investments in education and health care will pay off with a more skilled and healthy workforce in the future. </P> <P>More than half of the states <A href="http://www.nilc.org/pubs/Guide_update.htm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">spend their own funds</SPAN></STRONG></A> to provide services to at least some immigrants ineligible for federal services.&nbsp; On medical care in particular, <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">Illinois</st1:State></st1:place>' new <SPAN class=spelle>AllKids</SPAN> program extended coverage to children of all income levels, regardless of immigration status. It was joined by <st1:State u1:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State>, <st1:State u1:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State>, <st1:State u1:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:State u1:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> as those states continued to expand health benefits for many immigrant children. The state of Washington this spring extended health coverage to all children in families up to 250% of the federal poverty line (moving to 300% in 2009), again regardless of immigration status. As Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, including undocumented immigrants in his health care proposals was a <A href="http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/speech/5066/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">matter of common sense</SPAN></STRONG></A>: </P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"> <P>[T]he decision for my team was do we treat them in emergency rooms at the highest cost available or we do it right and do it efficiently? </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Health care prevention and education are just the most obvious places where leaders can make the case that saving money today will just cost a lot more money down the line with a sicker and less educated workforce in the future.</P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630685><FONT color=#ff0000>Voting Reform versus "Voter ID" Attacks</FONT></A></H2> <P>The charge that undocumented immigrants voting is a major problem is, unfortunately, a place where anti-immigrant forces are mobilizing around a big lie, stoking hate on pure fiction.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>The cynical goals of voter identification laws pushed by the rightwing is highlighted by a basic fact-- there is zero evidence that undocumented immigrants are illegally voting. At its <A href="http://www.truthaboutfraud.org/"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">"Truth about Fraud" website</SPAN></STRONG></A>, for example,&nbsp;the <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Brennan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for Justice has highlighted that fraud is a red herring used by the rightwing to <SPAN class=spelle>disenfrachise</SPAN> legal voters through abusive identification rules. </P> <P>This is emphasized by the current national scandal over how the Bush Administration&nbsp;<A href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/21/us_attorneys/index.html"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">fired U.S. Attorneys</SPAN></STRONG></A>, in part because some of those appointees&nbsp;refused to go along with partisan pressure to generate non-existent cases of voter fraud.&nbsp; Five years of investigations&nbsp;revealed <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html?ex=1334030400&amp;en=077fecc7a029c7d0&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">no&nbsp;real evidence</SPAN></STRONG></A>&nbsp;of voter fraud by an administration as determined to find non-existent voter fraud as non-existent <SPAN class=spelle>WMDs</SPAN> in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </P> <P>Progressive leaders should be alarmed, though, that while little fraud has been stopped, the result in states that have implemented voter ID rules has been a sharp drop in voting by legally eligible voters, the real goal of rightwing campaigners promoting the myth of undocumented immigrants voting. A <A href="http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&amp;pubid=1452"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">report prepared for the federal Election Assistance Commission</SPAN></STRONG></A> found that in states with voter ID requirements, blacks&nbsp;were 5.7% less likely to vote&nbsp;and Hispanics appeared to be 10% less likely to vote under those requirements. </P> <P>Such voter ID laws need to be defeated, but the other part of progressive mobilization should be demanding that voting be made easier for people who do overcome these new barriers to voting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <UL type=disc> <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">States need&nbsp;<A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.+1975:"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Acts</SPAN></STRONG></A> to create strong penalties for groups that suppress voter turnout through deception and intimidation.&nbsp;&nbsp; If anti-immigrant forces are going to raise fraud as a justification for voter ID bills, then progressives should demand through proactive legislation and amendments attached to their bills that all forms of fraud, deception and intimidation be removed at the ballot box. <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in">In states moving to create greater hurdles to registration and voting are enacted, progressives need to demand simplification of the process once people produce the necessary ID.&nbsp; Registration to vote and voting itself should be combined, as a number of states have done with <A href="http://www.demos.org/page18.cfm">same day voter registration laws</A>&nbsp;and, in order to give&nbsp;people a longer window to vote at their convenience, voters should be allowed to sign up as permanent mail-in voters, a reform <A href="http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1989">enacted in Colorado</A> just this year following states like <st1:State u1:st="on">Minnesota</st1:State>, <st1:City u1:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State u1:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:State u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Oregon (the last of </st1:place></st1:State>which has full vote by mail or all elections.)&nbsp;&nbsp; States also need to reform database procedures, following <A href="http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/HAVA/database%20recommendations.pdf"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">best practices</SPAN></STRONG></A> to improve voter matching and verification after registration to avoid problems when voters show up on election day. </LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630686><FONT color=#ff0000>Immigrant&nbsp;Outreach as Public Safety and Anti-Terror Policy</FONT></A></H2> <P>While anti-immigration forces seek to paint immigrants as a dangerous criminal force, the facts show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than the general population.&nbsp; But more importantly, most law enforcement groups recognize that it becomes harder to protect victims of crime, particularly immigrants themselves, when millions of people living in our communities are fearful of talking to the police when they see a crime or a victim of one. As <A href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061214100036/www.houstontx.gov/police/pdfs/mcc_position.pdf">a report endorsed by the Major Cities Chiefs Association</A>, representing the police departments of New York City, Los Angeles, Houston and city departments serving over fifty million residents outlined:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"> <P class=section1><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061214100036/www.houstontx.gov/police/pdfs/mcc_position.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Immigration enforcement by local police would likely negatively effect and undermine the level of trust and cooperation between local police and immigrant communities. If the undocumented immigrant s primary concern is that they will be deported or subjected to an immigration status investigation, then they will not come forward and provide needed assistance and cooperation...Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups would result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing future terroristic acts.</SPAN></A></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Progressive leaders can ally with both law enforcement and victims rights groups by promoting policies that protect immigrant victims of crime when they contact the police or encourage community policing efforts involving immigrant communities.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>More controversially, programs to extend drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants&nbsp;needs to&nbsp;be framed as part of the need to better track drivers and protect the driving public on the road.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many top law enforcement officials <A href="http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/DLs/DL_law_enfrcmnt_quotes_101404.pdf">are on record</A> as supporting such drivers license identification programs.</P> <P>The broadest message by progressives must be that we don't improve public safety by making millions of people afraid to cooperate with the police or anti-terror authorities.&nbsp;&nbsp; Turning every police officier or, even worse, every social worker into a potential immigration enforcement officer undermines community policing and other known effective law enforcement approaches.</P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630687><FONT color=#ff0000>Strengthening Progressive Alliances and Finding New Conservative Allies on the Immigration Issues</FONT></A></H2> <P>Beyond individual policy options, advocates need to help progressive elected leaders understand that the coalition in support of humane policies involving new immigrants is diverse and cuts into even many seemingly conservative communities.&nbsp; </P> <P>Among traditional progressive constituencies, despite the occasional marginal black leader or union official who calls for anti-immigration policies, the African-American community, despite some obvious tensions at times, is far more supportive of immigrant rights than the general population.&nbsp;Groups like the <A href="http://www.naacp.org/news/2006/2006-03-31.html">NAACP</A> have&nbsp;made strong statements supporting&nbsp;humane immigration reform. &nbsp;In a <A href="http://www.amermaj.com/AM-AFAMVOS/AM-AFAMVOS.pdf">major poll of African-Americans</A>,&nbsp;&nbsp;significantly more blacks (30.1%) than non-Hispanic whites (19.8%) saw immigration reform as only "somewhat important" or "not important" as an issue, and when asked about legalization, &nbsp;63.4% of African-Americans supported some form of permanent legalization.&nbsp; </P> <P>Similarly, labor unions from the construction unions to service workers unions are on record supporting better treatment of immigrant workers as a way to strengthen labor rights for all Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Even perceived "conservative" unions like the <A href="http://www.teamster.org/06news/nr_060331_1.asp">Teamsters</A> have made strong statements supporting legalization of the undocumented immigrant community.</P> <P>On the conservative side, law enforcement and many business leaders are one example of allies that progressive elected leaders should tap, but they should also look to many religiously conservative groups that have spoken out on the immigration issue.&nbsp; A <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/washington/08immigration.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin">new organization, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform</A>, includes the Mennonite Church U.S.A., Latino evangelicals, individuals like Dr. Joel C. Hunter, pastor of a <SPAN class=spelle>megachurch</SPAN> in Longwood, Fla., and Sammy <SPAN class=spelle>Mah</SPAN>, president of World Relief, an aid group affiliated with the National Association of Evangelicals.&nbsp; Dr. Richard Land, the conservative president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, has been a prominent proponent of humane treatment of undocumented immigrants and legalization.</P> <H2><A name=_Toc182630688><FONT color=#ff0000>Conclusion- Moral Immigration Politics is Smart Politics</FONT></A></H2> <P>State-by-state, we need to craft policies that bring these diverse communities together, highlight the American ideals that demand policies that unite people rather than divide them, and find strategies that isolate those who promote <SPAN class=spelle>scapegoating</SPAN> of immigrants, instead of dealing with the issues that working families really need our states to deal with, from health care to clean energy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>As outlined at the beginning of this strategy memo, moral politics are also smart politics in the long-term, since this present coalition for humane immigration policy is rapidly being joined by new citizens who are unlikely to forgive politicians who vote wrong in the coming legislative session.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ultimately, there is no political future for the politicians leading the drive to enact anti-immigrant laws, while those elected leaders who step up with intelligent, humane policies will be the long-term political winners of the current debate.</P> <P>----</P> <H1><A name=_Toc182630689><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Appendix A: State Immigration Policy Resources and Links</SPAN></A></H1> <H2><A name=_Toc182630690>Broad Immigration Policy Resources</A></H2> <UL> <LI>NILC, <A href="http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/LocalLaw/federalpreemptionfacts_2007-06-28.pdf"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">State and Local Policies on Immigrant Access to Services</SPAN></EM></A>&nbsp;(May 2007)&nbsp;&nbsp; <LI>Drum Major Institute, <A href="http://drummajorinstitute.org/immigration/"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class</SPAN></EM></A>&nbsp;(2007) <LI>National Employment Law Project, <A href="http://www.nelp.org/document.cfm?documentID=705" target=_blank><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">More Harm Than Good: Responding To </SPAN></EM></A><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">States  Misguided Efforts To Regulate Immigration</SPAN></EM>&nbsp;(2007) <LI>Fair Immigration Reform Movement, <A href="http://www.fairimmigration.org/learn/immigration-reform-and-immigrants/state-level/">Immigration Reform and Immigrants at the State Level</A> <LI>National Council of La Raza, <A href="http://www.nclr.org/content/policy/detail/48106">State and Local Immigration Initiatives</A> <LI>NCSL, <A href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/immig/2007StateLegislationImmigration.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Overview of State Legislation Related to Immigration and Immigrants in 2007</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(April 2007) <LI>American Immigation Lawyers Association, <A href="http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=19887"><EM>Making the Case for Fair and Reasonable Immigration Policy</EM></A>-&nbsp;talking points and surveys and polls mostly focused on federal immigration policy <LI>AFL-CIO,&nbsp;<A href="http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/ecouncil/ec02272006e.cfm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Executive Council Statement on Immigration Policy</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(2006) <LI><A href="http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/index.html">ACLU Immigrant Rights Project</A> <LI><A href="http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/default.html">National Immigration Project </A>of the National Lawyers Guild <LI><A href="http://www.naleo.org/">National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)</A></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630691>Voting and Naturalization Trends&nbsp;in Immigrant Communities</A></H2> <UL> <LI>Dept. of Homeland Security, <A href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPRest2004.pdf" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population and Population Eligible to Naturalize in 2004</SPAN></A> <LI>Pew Hispanic Center, <A href="http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=48"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Hispanics and the 2004 Election</SPAN></A> <LI>National Council of La Raza, <A href="http://www.nclr.org/content/programs/detail/1198"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Leap to Action Voter Mobilization Project</SPAN></A> <LI><A href="http://www.svrep.org/index.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Southwest Voter Registration Education Project</SPAN></A> <LI>League of United Latin American Citizens, <A href="http://www.lulac.org/programs/voter.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Voter Registration</SPAN></A> <LI>National Immigration Forum, <A href="http://immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=918"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">New Wave of Voters Coming: Citizenship Applications Up 61%</SPAN></A></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630692>Background on the Anti-Immigrant Rightwing</A></H2> <UL> <LI><SPAN class=articlehead>Southern Poverty Law Center, <A href="http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=175">Anti-Immigration Groups</A>&nbsp;and its weekly newsletter tracking the anti-immigrant movement </SPAN><EM><A href="http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/news.jsp">Nativist News</A></EM> <LI><SPAN class=articlehead>Southern Poverty Law Center, <A href="http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=180"><EM>The Puppeteer: The organized anti-immigration 'movement,' increasingly in bed with racist hate groups, is dominated by one man, John Tanton</EM></A></SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=articlehead>Public Research Associates, <A href="http://www.publiceye.org/research/directories/immig_grp_undermine.html">Anti-Immigrant Organizations</A>&nbsp;and their other Immigrant <A href="http://www.publiceye.org/articles/articles.php?topic=11">Rights resources</A> tracking anti-immigrant movements</SPAN> <LI><EM>In These Times</EM>, "<A href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2608/">Keeping America Empty: How one small-town conservationist launched today s anti-immigration movement</A>" <LI>People for the American Way, <A href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/immigration/">Right Wing Watch: Immigration</A></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630693>Data&nbsp;Resources: Demographics and Economics</A></H2> <UL> <LI>Migration Policy Institute, <A href="http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/acscensus.cfm?CFID=14819390&amp;CFTOKEN=50616240">2005 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State</A> <LI>Pew Hispanic Center, <A href="http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=61">Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.</A>&nbsp;(2006) <LI>Center for an Urban Future, <A href="http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/IE-final.pdf"><EM>A World of Opportunity: Immigrant entrepreneurs have emerged as key engines ofgrowth for cities from New York to Los Angeles</EM></A> <LI>Urban Institute, <A href="http://www.urban.org/publications/411426.html"><EM>Trends in the Low-Wage Immigrant Workforce</EM></A></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630694>Wage Enforcement as Immigration Policy</A></H2> <H3><A name=_Toc182630695>Enforcing Wage Laws</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Progressive States, <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/114/03062006-stateside-dispatch-eye-on-immigration"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Eye on Immigration</SPAN></A> <LI>Progressive States, <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/221/04242006-stateside-dispath-cracking-down-on-wage-law-violations">Cracking Down on Wage Violations</A> <LI><A href="http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/participant%20list.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">List of Organizations</SPAN></A> involved in wage law enforcement <LI>National Employment Law Project, <A href="http://www.nelp.org/iwp/index.cfm">Workplace Rights for Immigrant Workers</A> <LI>LA Times, <A href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1021507701.html?dids=1021507701:1021507701&amp;FMT=ABS&amp;FMTS=ABS:FT&amp;type=current&amp;date=Apr+16%2C+2006&amp;author=Ivan+Light&amp;pub=Los+Angeles+Times&amp;edition=&amp;startpage=M.3&amp;desc=How+L.A.+kept+out+a+million+migrants">How L.A. Kept Out a Million Migrants</A> <LI>National Employment Law Project, <A href="http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/Holding%20the%20Wage%20Floor2.pdf">Enforcement of Wage and Hour Standards for Low-Wage Workers</A>&nbsp;(2006) <LI>Brennan Center, <A href="http://www.brennancenter.org/subpage.asp?init_key=53&amp;key=40">Enforcement of Workplace Rights</A> <LI>Brennan Center, <A href="http://www.brennancenter.org/stack_detail.asp?key=97&amp;subkey=49239"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Unregulated Work in the Global City</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(2007) <LI>Brennan Center, <A href="http://www.brennancenter.org/dynamic/subpages/download_file_8418.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Survey of Literature Estimating the Prevalence of Employment and Labor Law Violations in the US</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(2005) <LI>National Employment Law Project, <A href="http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/COMBATING%20INDEPENDENT%20CONTRACTOR%20MISCLASSIFICATION.pdf">Combating Independent Contractor Misclassification in the States</A> <LI>Workplace Fairness, <A href="http://www.workplacefairness.org/contractors?agree=yes">Contractors</A> <LI><B>California</B> <A href="http://www.crlaf.org/sb_1818_bill_20020829_enrolled.pdf">SB 1818</A> -- Law declaring that all legal remedies are available to workers regardless of immigration status <LI><B>New York</B> <A href="http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/decisions/feb06/19-49SSM1opn06.pdf">Balbuena v. IDR Realty</A> - New York Court of Appeals decision affirming immigrant workers' legal rights </LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630696>Anti-Sweatshop Procurement Policies</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Global Exchange -- <A href="http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/">Sweatfree Campaigns</A> <LI>AFL-CIO <A href="http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/stop/">Stop Sweatshops</A></LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630697>Problems with E-Verify Immigrant Screening</A> </H3> <UL> <LI>Illinois <A href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1744&amp;GAID=9&amp;GA=95&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegID=30570&amp;SessionID=51">HB 1744, Workplace Privacy-Verify</A> <LI>Electronic Privacy Information Clearinghouse - <A id=lybm title="E-Verify System: DHS Changes Name, But Problems Remain for U.S. Workers" href="http://www.epic.org/privacy/surveillance/spotlight/0707/">E-Verify System: DHS Changes Name, But Problems Remain for U.S. Workers</A> <LI>National Immigration Law Center - <A id=tk2u title="Court Halts Government from Implementing Flawed Social Security No-Match Rule" href="http://www.nilc.org/immsemplymnt/SSA_Related_Info/ssa004.htm">Court Halts Government from Implementing Flawed Social Security No-Match Rule</A> </LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630698>Effects of Workplace Raids</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Urban Institute- <A href="http://www.urban.org/publications/411566.html">Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America s Children</A></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630699>Encouraging Immigrant Integration and Naturalization</A></H2> <UL> <LI>Progressive States, <A href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/514/states-win-energy-dereg-fight-in-court#3"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">IL: Policies to Bring Immigrants into Economic Mainstream</SPAN></A> <LI>New Americans Policy Council, <A href="http://www.icirr.org/naeo/docs/pcreport.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">For the Benefit of All: Strategic Recommendations to Enhance the State's Role in the Integration of Immigrants in Illinois</SPAN></A> <LI>NCSL, <A href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/immig/immigstateoffices05.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">State and Local Immigrant Offices</SPAN></A> <LI>Migration Policy Institute, <A href="http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/LeavingTooMuch_Report.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Leaving Too Much to Chance: A Roundtable on Immigrant Integration Policy</SPAN></A> <LI>Urban Institute, <A href="http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/immig_integration.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Immigration Studies: The Integration of Immigrant Families in the United States</SPAN></A> <LI>Illinois Coalitions for Immigrants and Refugee Rights, <A href="http://www.icirr.org/nai/index.html">The New Americans Initiative</A> <LI><SPAN class=green28>CLASP, <A href="http://clasp.org/publications/challenges_change.htm"><EM>The Challenges of Change: Learning from the Child Care and Early Education Experiences of Immigrant Families</EM></A>&nbsp;(2007)</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=green28>Grant-makers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, <A href="http://www.gcir.org/resources/gcir_publications/toolkit.php"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration</SPAN></A> (2006)</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=green28>FIRM, <A href="http://www.fairimmigration.org/learn/immigration-reform-and-immigrants/state-level/in-state-tuition/">In-State Tuition Campaigns</A></SPAN></LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630700>Immigrants and Public Benefits</A></H2> <H3><A name=_Toc182630701>Research on Taxes Paid and Benefits Used by Immigrant Communities</A></H3> <UL> <LI>National Immigration Law Center - <A href="http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/health/Issue_Briefs/imms&amp;ushealthcare_2007-01.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Immigrants and the US Health Care System</SPAN></A> <LI>Urban Institute, <A href="http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411338"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(May 2006) <LI>California Immigrant Policy Center, <A href="http://www.caimmigrant.org/source/%20Immigrant_contribution.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Looking Forward: Immigrant Contributions to the Golden State</SPAN></A> (2005) <LI>Texas Office of the Controller, <A href="http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/undocumented"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Undocumented Immigrants in Texas: A Financial Analysis of the Impact to the State Budget and Economy</SPAN></A> (Dec. 2006) <LI>Economic Policy Institute, <SPAN class=heading1><A href="http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20071031"><EM>Immigration not driving the erosion of health insurance</EM></A>&nbsp;(2007)</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=heading1>Iowa Policy Project,&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="http://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2007docs/071025-undoc.pdf"><EM>Undocumented Immigrants in Iowa: Estimated Tax Contributions and Fiscal Impact</EM></A>&nbsp;(2007)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630702>Research on Effects of Benefit ID Rules</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - <A href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-2-07health.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement is Taking a Toll: States Report Enrollment is Down and Administrative Costs Are Up</SPAN></A> <LI><A href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07889.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Government Accountability Office (GAO)</SPAN></A>, <A href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07889.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Medicaid: States Reported that Citizenship Documentation Requirement Resulted in Enrollment Declines for Eligible Citizens and Posed Administrative Burdens</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(June 2007) <LI>Denver Post, <A href="http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5081255"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Colo. Immigration Law Falls Short of Goal: State Agencies $2 million cost and no savings</SPAN></A> </LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630703>Voting Reform versus "Voter ID" Attacks</A></H2> <H3><A name=_Toc182630704>Research on Lack of Voter Fraud by Immigrants</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Progressive States, "<A title="Fighting Vote Suppression by the Rightwing" href="http://www.progressivestates.org/content/412/fighting-vote-suppression-by-the-rightwing"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Fighting Vote Suppression by the Rightwing</SPAN></A>" <LI><EM>New York Times</EM>: "<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html?ex=1334030400&amp;en=077fecc7a029c7d0&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud</SPAN></A>" <LI>Brennan Center, <A href="http://www.truthaboutfraud.org/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">The Truth About Fraud</SPAN></A> <LI>Project Vote, <A href="http://projectvote.org/fileadmin/ProjectVote/Publications/Politics_of_Voter_Fraud_Final.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">The Politics of Voter Fraud</SPAN></A> <LI>Century Foundation, <A href="http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&amp;pubid=1452"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Where's the Voter Fraud?</SPAN></A> <LI>Eagleton Institute, <A href="http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&amp;pubid=1452" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Testimony presented to the U. S. Election Assistance Commission</SPAN></A>&nbsp;(February 8, 2007). </LI></UL> <H2><A name=_Toc182630705>Immigrant Outreach as Public Safety and Anti-Terror Policy</A></H2> <H3><A name=_Toc182630706>Community Policing and Immigrant Communities</A></H3> <UL> <LI><SPAN class=projectbanner><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061214100036/www.houstontx.gov/police/pdfs/mcc_position.pdf">Major Cities Chiefs Statement on Immigration</A>- Police chiefs statement on need for separation of local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=projectbanner>Appleseed, <A href="http://www.neappleseed.org/docs/local_police_and_immigration_enforcement.pdf">Forcing Our Blues into Gray Areas: Local Police and Federal Immigration Enforcement</A></SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=projectbanner>Vera Institute of Justice, <A href="http://www.vera.org/project/project1_1.asp?section_id=4&amp;project_id=70">Strengthening Relations between Police and Immigrants</A></SPAN>&nbsp;and <SPAN class=subheadline><A href="http://www.vera.org/publication_pdf/300_564.pdf">Building Strong Police-Immigrant Community Relations: Lessons from a New York City Project</A></SPAN> <LI>CAUSA, <A href="http://causaoregon.blogspot.com/2007/11/op-ed-collaboration-with-feds-hurts.html">Collaboration with federal immigration enforcement hurts community policing</A> <LI>National Immigration Forum, <A href="http://communityresourcebank.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=859">Success Story: Santa Ana Uses Community Policing Methods to Reduce Crime in Heavily Immigrant Area</A> <LI><EM>USA Today, </EM><A href="http://www.policeone.com/community-policing/articles/137118/">Chiefs, mayors order local cops: Leave catching illegal immigrants to the feds </A> <LI>Institute for Policy Research, <A href="http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/189908.pdf">Community Policing and the New Immigrants:  Latinos in Chicago</A> prepared for the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice (2002) <LI>National Immigration Forum, <A href="http://immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=569">Police in New Immigrant  States Say Asking Them to Enforce Immigration Laws Would Harm Public Safety</A></LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630707>Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities</A></H3> <UL> <LI>Electronic Privacy Information Center, <A href="http://www.epic.org/privacy/dv/real_id.html">REAL ID and Domestic Violence</A> <LI><A href="http://www.epic.org/privacy/dv/real_id_immigrant_women.pdf">Letter to Congress from the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women.</A>. Describing the impact that REAL ID will have on battered women <LI>National Immigration Project, <A href="http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/DVPage/DomesticViolencePage.html">Noncitizen Survivors of Domestic Violence</A>, including <A href="DVSA_CLEAR_Article.doc"><EM>Local Police Enforcement of Immigration Laws and Its Effects on Victims of Domestic Violence</EM></A> <LI>Violence Against Women network, <A href="http://new.vawnet.org/category/Documents.php?docid=739&amp;category_id=566">Somewhere to Turn: Making Domestic Violence Services Accessible to Battered Immigrant Women - A 'How To' Manual For Battered Women's Advocates and Service Providers</A></LI></UL> <H3><A name=_Toc182630708>Licenses and Identification</A></H3> <UL> <LI>City of New Haven, <A href="http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/pdf_whatsnew/municipalidfactsheet.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">NEW HAVEN S ELM CITY RESIDENT CARDS </SPAN></A><A href="http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/pdf_whatsnew/municipalidfactsheet.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">  Fact Sheet</SPAN></A> <LI>New York Coalition for Immigrants' Right to Driver's Licenses - <I><A href="http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/ny%20driver%27s%20license%20coalition%20report.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Equal Access for All Communities</SPAN></A></I> <LI>National Immigration Law Center, <A href="http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/DLs/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Immigrants &amp; Driver's Licenses: Resources for Advocates</SPAN></A> <LI>National Immigration Law Center - <I><A href="http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/DLs/TPs_TN_driving_certif_0305.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">The Tennessee "Driving Certificate" Not a Model Policy</SPAN></A></I> <LI>National Immigration Law Center - <A id=ea0z title="Driver's Licenses for All Immigrants: Quotes from Law Enforcement" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061218174058/http:/nilc.org/immspbs/DLs/DL_law_enfrcmnt_quotes_101404.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">Driver's Licenses for All Immigrants: Quotes from Law Enforcement</SPAN></A> <LI>New York Immigration Coalition - <I><A href="http://thenyic.org/templates/documentFinder.asp?did=765"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">New Driver's License Policy is a Win for All New Yorkers</SPAN></A></I> <LI><A href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_1562&amp;sess=CUR&amp;house=S"><SPAN style="COLOR: #444488">SB1162</SPAN></A>- California bill proposed to grant drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants.</LI></UL> <P>-----<o:p></o:p></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceType u1:st="on"></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>&nbsp;</P> <H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><A name=_Toc182630709><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT color=#ff0000>Appendix B: Pro-Immigrant Measures Available to State&nbsp;or&nbsp;Local&nbsp;Governments</FONT></SPAN></A></H1> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">from the NATIONAL <st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">IMMIGRATION</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">LAW</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType u1:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid"> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1.5pt solid; mso-element: para-border-div"> <H1 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in" align=center><A name=_Toc182630710><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><??>A QUICK MENU OF AFFIRMATIVE IDEAS</SPAN></A></H1> <P class=contactinfo-1 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in" align=center><A name=_Toc182630711><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt">FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT</SPAN></STRONG></A><u2:p></u2:p><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630711"></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=contactinfo-2 style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in" align=center><A name=_Toc182630712><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt"><u3:p></u3:p>Jonathan Blazer, public benefits policy attorney<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>|<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>blazer@nilc-dc.org</SPAN></B></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _Toc182630712"></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=docdate style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u2:p></u2:p><u3:p></u3:p>September 2007</SPAN><u2:p></u2:p><o:p></o:p></P> <DIV style="mso-element: dropcap-dropped; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-element-linespan: 3"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=left border=0 vspace="0" hspace="0" > <TBODY> <TR border="0" > <TD style=" PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; " vAlign=top align=left border="0" > <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; LINE-HEIGHT: 37.8pt; mso-element: dropcap-dropped; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-element-linespan: 3; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 48pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-text-raise: -4.0pt">C<u3:p></u3:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt">ongress s failure to enact a comprehensive reform of the federal immigration system has increased the pressure on state and local governments to address the issue of immigration in areas within their control.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Some governments have undertaken purely restrictive and punitive measures aimed at making their communities less hospitable to immigrants  as if this approach were an effective, let alone desirable, solution to an immigration system that cries out for reform.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>On the other hand, an increasing number of state and local governments are also exploring ways to more effectively incorporate immigrants into their communities, investing in immigrants instead of marginalizing them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>This reality-based approach recognizes immigrants as a key ingredient of shared prosperity and seeks to maximize the economic, social, and cultural benefits of such immigration on towns, cities, counties, and states.</P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt">What follows is a quick menu of affirmative, pro-immigrant measures that state and local governments can consider.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Among these ideas:</P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt 0.3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Most have already been successfully implemented in one or more places across the country.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Some are boldly pro-immigrant with concrete and immediate impact; others are moderate, incremental steps with primarily symbolic value. </P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Most benefit not only immigrants but also native-born persons, and therefore hold potential appeal to broad-based political constituencies.</P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Some require legislative action; others are measures that can be initiated by executive bodies.</P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.3in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">·</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>While a small number of the measures need to be crafted with some care so as not to infringe on federal authority to regulate immigration (or other federal laws), the vast majority address areas in which state and local governments have full power to act.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=1columntext style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt">This is a rapidly evolving area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Please offer your feedback  e.g., measures to add or subtract from this menu, new examples of places in which the measures have been adopted, and the impact these measures have had where they have been implemented.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630713><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Enforcement and enhancement of labor and employment&nbsp;law&nbsp;protection</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Prohibit local employer sanctions. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Bar localities from superseding federal law by enacting their own set of penalties (e.g., monetary fines, criminal prosecution, or revocation of business licenses or government contracts) against companies that employ undocumented immigrants. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Ensure that enforcement of state labor, employment, civil rights, and housing statutes is conducted regardless of immigration status.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Prohibit employers from taking adverse actions against workers based on their participation in the Basic Pilot employment eligibility verification program (recently renamed E-Verify) or receipt of no-match  letters from the Social Security Administration. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase state and local enforcement of health/safety and wage/hour laws, and increase fines for violations. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase or establish state and/or local minimum wage and local living wage (in states where localities have legal authority to do so), raising the floor for all workers.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Prohibit state labor agencies from sharing immigration status information obtained in the course of a labor complaint or labor investigation with federal immigration authorities; and prohibit employers from turning over personnel information to federal immigration authorities without a warrant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Make it an unlawful employment practice under state law to discriminate against an employment-authorized worker based on national origin or citizenship/immigration status. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Make it an unlawful employment practice under state law for employers to request more or different documents than are required under federal law for the purpose of establishing employment eligibility.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Require employers to provide employees access to their personnel files.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Ban harassment of day laborers and day labor sites, including overly intrusive videotaping and photographing.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630714><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting public safety and protecting confidentiality</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Implement policies to protect victims of and witnesses to crime by limiting police inquiry into immigration status.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Implement policies to prevent and combat racial profiling by law enforcement.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish a system of reports, audits, and complaint procedures to address improper police inquiry about immigration information.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Combat identify fraud though state and local Privacy Acts  limiting the circumstances under which a person is required to provide his or her Social Security number (SSN).</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Implement a policy prohibiting local law enforcement agencies from participating in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Promote community policing practices that engage all community members fighting crime by combating fears and addressing concerns of all communities. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pass a bill or resolution rejecting the federal REAL ID Act and state adoption of REAL ID driver s licenses and ID cards. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Enact a law removing immigration-related barriers to driver s licenses (promoting safe driving, vehicle registration, ability to purchase insurance).</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Conduct anticrime education and outreach programs educating immigrants on how to avoid becoming victims of crime (e.g., opening bank accounts rather than carrying cash), how to report crimes when they have been victimized; how to avoid unknowingly violating city ordinances (e.g., cars on front lawns, overcrowded housing), and how to steer children away from gangs.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630715><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting access to health, housing, legal, and social&nbsp;services</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pursue policies and resolutions that limit questioning and recording of immigration status and SSN requirements by village/city/state agencies except where required by federal law.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish state and local programs that provide assistance to lawfully present immigrants who are ineligible for federally funded services (health coverage, food stamps, and/or subsistence income) due to arbitrary restrictions such as the five-year waiting period. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Expand county and state public health insurance programs (especially those serving children, pregnant women, and families) so that coverage is available regardless of their status.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Conduct outreach (preferably face-to-face) to immigrant communities and those with limited English proficiency to inform families about benefits and services offered by local, state, and federal programs, especially to ensure participation in public health insurance programs of families already eligible but not enrolled.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Require that training and continuing education for students and clinicians in health professions includes cultural and linguistic competency.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Implement payments from Medicaid and State Children s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds for interpreter services for Medicaid and SCHIP enrollees in clinical health settings (many states already use such funds to help pay for interpreting and translating expenses incurred by agencies administering these programs). </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase funding for community heath centers providing primary care to all persons in need. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Enact policies that increase the proportion of workers who have access to affordable health coverage  e.g., by establishing a minimum expenditure requirement under which employers must spend at least a set minimum amount to cover their employees  health care costs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Provide funding for legal services, including immigration assistance, to immigrants ineligible for assistance from programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pass legislation or adopt rulings adding immigration and citizenship status to the grounds of prohibited discrimination under fair housing laws and/or prohibiting cities, counties, and landlords from making inquiries into immigration status.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630716><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting English language instruction and access for English&nbsp;language&nbsp;learners</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase funding for affordable and accessible adult English language instruction.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Offer tax credits for employers offering job-based English language instruction to workers.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Enact laws and guidance requiring public agencies to provide language services (interpretation and translation) to persons with limited English proficiency and establishing a private right of action for individuals to enforce these rules when such services are denied.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>(More focused measures could address access in key areas such as public safety, hospitals/health settings, courts.)</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pool language service resources into interpreter banks  to facilitate and make more efficient procurement of interpreters and translation by publicly funded agencies. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Fund vocational English instruction programs, including collaborations between community colleges, community-based organizations, and employers</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase funding for training of interpreters and translators (states can use Medicaid funds as one source). </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Implement professional competency standards for interpreters and translators in health and legal settings.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630717><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting community membership and civic participation</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish municipal identification documents, provide them to local residents regardless of status, and promote their universal use.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Fund organizations that assist immigrants to successfully complete the process of obtaining <??><SPAN class=spelle>ml:namespace</SPAN> prefix = st1 ns = "<SPAN class=spelle>urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags</SPAN>" /&gt;<ns0:country-region><ns0:place><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region> citizenship through naturalization (e.g., application assistance, English and civics classes for lawful permanent residents).</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Enact a state refundable tax credit for naturalization expenses.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Promote voter registration of naturalized citizens and broader civic participation by immigrant communities.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630718><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Investing in students by facilitating access to the educational&nbsp;system</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Ban immigration status inquiries by public schools.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Provide in-state college tuition to all graduates of high schools in the state, or at least those graduates who attended high school in the state for at least three years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>(Similar policies can also be enacted for certain city and county community college systems offering preferential rate to residents.)</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Ensure access to state or locally funded financial aid/scholarships, regardless of immigration status, to those who attended high school and graduated in the state; and create alternative funding vehicles for students excluded from federal financial aid (especially merit-based aid).</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630719><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Promoting entrepreneurialism, wealth-building, and utilization of mainstream financial services</SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Encourage community outreach and education regarding financial services, e.g., by working with banks, worker centers, and other community institutions to create pamphlets and other materials accessible to immigrants and addressing immigrant questions and concerns regarding issues such as banking, borrowing, and home ownership.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Encourage banks to implement flexible identification and documentation requirements, to the maximum degree permitted by federal law, to ensure that all people residing in the community can safeguard their money in a bank and benefit from having a checking account and other banking services. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pass regulatory law or facilitate creation of alternative financial mechanisms that lower the cost of remittances.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Enact a state earned income tax credit program available to all low-income workers who file taxes.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Promote cooperative ventures such as limited liability corporations, enabling persons without employment authorization to work without violating the law. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase funding for new day labor and worker centers and additional services at existing sites.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><st1:Street u1:st="on"><st1:address u1:st="on">Support street</st1:address></st1:Street> vendors by opening more public space to vending, raising licensing caps, combating harassment of street vendors by enforcement agents, and creating language accessible information about what street vendors must do to comply with various laws and regulations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Encourage compliance with laws regulating businesses by educating immigrant communities about zoning, licensing, and small business rules.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630720><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Improving government communication and coordination over programs promoting immigrant integration</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish a government office promoting immigrant integration and coordination among agencies, e.g., an office or commission on immigrant affairs.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Create an advisory council aimed at informing government of new approaches needed to promote immigrant integration and offering feedback on policy options under consideration.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Conduct a survey of immigrant community needs that could be better addressed by state and local governments, e.g., language assistance, legal services, law enforcement special needs, antidiscrimination enforcement, and educational needs.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630721><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Protecting immigrants from exploitation</SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Increase state and local protection for victims of trafficking and other serious crimes.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Ensure access to state and local public benefits for immigrant victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish an interagency taskforce to address and combat trafficking and worker exploitation.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Strengthen protections against abuses committed by <I> <SPAN class=spelle>notarios</SPAN> </I> and others who harm community members by engaging in fraudulent and unauthorized practice of law.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630722><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Building greater appreciation for the contributions of immigrants and causes of immigration</SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Conduct or commission studies on economic contributions of immigrants (e.g., workforce participation, business or jobs generated, buying power, revitalization of neighborhoods, full range of income, payroll, sales, and property taxes paid).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Conduct or commission studies on the effectiveness of community policing and broad participation in crime-fighting efforts.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Create, fund, or otherwise promote billboards, public service announcements, and flyers embracing immigration and promoting a welcoming tradition. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Establish a sister city program with an immigrant-sending community.</P> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0.25in 0in 0pt"><A name=_Toc182630723><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Signaling support for immigrants and humane immigration reform through resolutions</SPAN></A></H2> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Urge Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, including a broad-based legalization program.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Urge Congress to pass the DREAM Act, providing conditional status and a pathway to permanent residency to long-term undocumented students who graduate from <ns0:country-region><ns0:place><st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region> high schools. </P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Support a moratorium on raids and/or oppose enforcement-only approaches to addressing immigration.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Acknowledge the economic, social, and intellectual contributions of immigrants.</P> <P class=indentedtext style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.4in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #004162; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">þ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #004162; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Condemn vigilante or hate activity targeting immigrants.<u3:p><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</SPAN></u3:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">          </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P><u2:p></u2:p></BODY></HTML>