Anti-Corruption Party

The US is the land of immigrants

Unless you’re Native American, at some point, all of our ancestors came to the shores of this country as immigrants. America’s horrendous habit of vilifying the newest set of immigrants should be put to rest forever.

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

-Emma Lazarus

We still believe in this idea. The idea, that in America, you can make the most of yourself in the land of opportunity. Our country is vast, and is still largely untamed in the middle. There is room for more Americans if we build new cites, have bold ideas, and take action. Those who come illegally, or do harm, should be sent home after due process has been served. Those seeking asylum should have their requests processed and decided upon in a timely manner. We can and should be doing better at our southern border. A wall isn’t the answer. More judges, drone surveillance and compassion is.

After the atrocities seen at the hands of ICE, CBP and DHS, it is our position that the agencies should no longer exist. They were created in the wake of 9/11 as a knee jerk reaction to those tragic events. Their brazen lawlessness has made them the modern day Gestapo/Stasi. America is not and never will be, a place where you must carry papers around or you get sent to an interment camp. To do so would be an affront to the core idea of America, that being freedom.

This should also not have to be said due to its obviousness, but we will say it anyway. No more murders of innocent civilians. No more kids in cages. No more concentration camps. No more El Salvadorian prisons. No more deportations without due process. No more ripping families apart. No more lawlessness from federal agents PERIOD.