Immigrant workers allow important sectors of the economy to expand, attract investment and create employment opportunities for native-born Americans, contribute more in tax revenue than they collect, reduce American firms incentives to offshore jobs and import foreign-produced goods, and benefit consumers by reducing the prices of goods and services. Thoughtful, carefully considered gun control such as is contained in the Brady Bill (1993). Heidi Rathjen, a member of the gun-control group PolySeSouvient and survivor of the 1989 Polytechnique massacre, said the Liberals' gun laws "sound good but hide incredibly weak, hollow, toothless . Increase employment for homeless people. Since, nationally, women earn only 77% of men's wages for equal work, despite outnumbering men in the workforce and despite the U.S. 1963 Equal Pay Act, we support intensified effort to see this unfair gap closed, including support for the Paycheck Fairness Act and similar legislation, and greater effort at enforcement. For More InformationMassacre at a Crowded Walmart in Texas Leaves 20 DeadRomero, Simon; Manny Fernandez, Mariel Padilla. programs. We condemn the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement agencies, which are guilty of stopping motorists, harassing individuals, or using unwarranted violence against suspects with no other justification than race or ethnic background. We also oppose the imposition of the "E-Verify" system to screen people applying for jobs. The Green Party has zero tolerance for the illegal international trafficking in humans. We call for solutions to this enormous problem that can result in awareness and the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Congress to address it. Extend background checks to all private sales of firearms. By Marcie Young. All DACA and TPS recipients must be immediately granted a pathway to citizenship. This action would help eliminate exploitation of undocumented persons by criminals engaged in human contraband (coyotes) and unethical employers. The Green Party strongly believes that quality of life is determined not only by material aspects that can be measured and counted, but also by elements that cannot be quantified. We propose the following immigration policies, consistent with the Ten Key Values.1. Immediate distribution of Hawaiian Homelands, with government funds allocated for the necessary infrastructure. While increased affordable housing can help alleviate the problem of homelessness, the homeless have additional needs that go far beyond housing. Continue the education of juveniles while in custody. Help homeless who are entitled to federal Social Security benefits and veterans' disability payments to obtain them. About half say they favor allowing people to carry concealed guns in more places (46%) and allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns in K-12 schools (45%). They are kept captive and in debt-bondage that can never be paid off. All workers must have unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and access to a jobs search program when they are unemployed. Pre-1996 screening criteria for legal permanent residency and citizenship applications should be restored. But when interaction with the government is limited to the English speaking, persons are put at additional risk of exploitation. Here at home, we must also promote the policies, as outlined in the Economy and Workers' Rights sections of this Platform, that can help us achieve a full employment economy at a living wage, including strictly enforcing and expanding the rights of all workers to form unions. Immigration raids are terrorizing the immigrant community. Instead of enacting zoning laws to increase affordable housing, the trend has too often been to increase the proportion of land zoned for commercial property at the expense of residential property. Lower the voting age to 16 for all elections to give young people the right to take part in deciding their future. Among those who do not currently own guns, about as many say they could see themselves owning a gun at some point as say they could never see themselves owning a gun. We stand with consumers, who have been injured or defrauded by corporations and others, and support their efforts to redress the wrongs done to them. Views on gun policies also vary widely by the types of communities in which people live. The Green Party views learning as a lifelong and life-affirming process to which all people should have access. Our civil liberties of privacy and free speech are impaired by the excesses of the USA PATRIOT Act and kindred new laws that use a national tragedy (the attacks on September 11, 2001) as an excuse to impose ubiquitous surveillance and control over citizens. Support for men and women in the armed forces must go far beyond the rhetoric used to discredit the peace movement in the U.S. today. Consider establishment of an independent Fair Housing Enforcement Agency outside of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to improve enforcement and restore public confidence in the implementation of federal fair housing policies. It is critical that the public protections of Social Security are not privatized and subjected to increased risk. Funding for outreach and treatment to address the particular circumstances and specific needs of the various communities affected by HIV/AIDS. And while 37% of Republican gun owners say gun laws should be less strict, only 24% of Republican non-gun owners say the same. However, the Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1923, has still not been ratified by 2012, representing a continuous struggle of 87 years with no victory in sight. Rural residents are more likely than urban and suburban residents to identify as Republicans or lean Republican; people who live in rural areas also are more likely to own guns than those in other communities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), local police, and for-profit/private prison corporations such as GEO Group and CoreCivic have taken advantage of the increase in anti-immigrant legislation and created a symbiotic relationship. Publicly funded work training and education programs should have a goal of increasing employment options at finding living-wage jobs. The mentally ill also have the right to live independently, circumscribed only by the limitations of their illness. Many of those U.S. These attitudes have been mostly stable over the past eight years with the public about evenly divided between protecting gun rights and controlling ownership. Of the millions of humans trafficked worldwide, the large majority are women and children who are bought and sold as slaves. That law criminalizes the purchase of services from prostitutes, pimps and brothel keepers instead of criminalizing the prostitutes. Immigrants already have ample incentive to learn English. Republicans and Democrats remain widely divided over the importance of protecting the right of Americans to own guns. Such work includes: child and elder care; homemaking; voluntary community service; continuing education; participating in government; and the arts. This admission of crime states in part, "the native Hawaiians have never lost their inherent sovereignty nor their national home base.". Make reduction of recidivism a primary goal of parole. Freedom of artistic expression is a fundamental right and a key element in empowering communities, and in moving us toward sustainability and respect for diversity. In part, these gaps reflect differences in partisanship and gun ownership in these communities. Regulate and limit the legal conversion of existing affordable housing into hotels, motels and short-term vacation rentals and establish and enforce laws to prevent illegal conversions. Ensure that fair housing principles are emphasized in programs addressing the mortgage and financial crisis. Increased public education in transmission prevention which includes funding for the purchase and distribution of condoms, gloves, dams, and needles & syringes. Jill Stein, a prominent Green Party leader believes in gun regulations to stop mass shootings. We support the Equal Rights Amendment reintroducedin the U.S. Congress, and support using the precedent of a three-state strategy for ratification. Compared with gun owners, adults who do not own guns are more likely to say the NRA has too much influence. No mandated testing. A similar share of Republican gun owners and non-owners say the NRA has the right amount of influence (67% of owners and 62% of non-owners). December 7, 2021. We support the following: In keeping with the Green Key Values of diversity, social justice and feminism, we support full legal and political equality for all persons regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, characteristics, and expression. More commonly, the greatest lives that are at stake are those of our black, brown, LGBTQIA?+ and disabled, including those with mental health issues when it comes to crimes against persons at the hands of the police. Require that communities that receive federal housing funds provide evidence that their housing policies are affirmatively furthering fair housing. We must end xenophobia and white supremacy to address laws and practices that punish and target individuals for their immigration status, national origin, ethnicity and race, to build power among the people. Wait times for processing and resolving immigration benefit applications should be reduced to no more than six months. People have a right to a home and to be secure in their tenancy. The nearly universal, though largely unspoken nature of this policy makes piecemeal reforms not accompanied by public discussion of the larger policy ineffective outside the context of a broad social movement. About three-quarters of Republicans and Republican leaners (76%) say protecting gun rights is more important, compared with about a quarter of Democrats and Democratic leaners (22%). A publicly funded health care insurance program, administered at the state and local levels, with comprehensive lifetime benefits, including dental, vision, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, medication coverage, and hospice and long-term care; Participation of all licensed and/or certified health providers, subject to standards of practice in their field, with the freedom of patients to choose the type of health care provider from a wide range of health care choices, and with decision-making in the hands of patients and their health providers, not insurance companies; Portability of coverage regardless of geographical location or employment; Cost controls via streamlined administration, national fee schedules, bulk purchases of drugs and medical equipment, coordination of capital expenditures and publicly negotiated prices of medications; Primary and preventive care as priorities, including wellness education about diet, nutrition and exercise; holistic health; and medical marijuana. Citizen workers who have been propagandized to support "tougher" measures to identify and apprehend undocumented workers need to carefully consider what they are asking for. Artists can create in ways that foster healthy, non-alienating relationships between people and their daily environments, communities, and the Earth. (Jul 2020) Focus on declining deficits only benefits the wealthy. Community-funded programs employing local artists to enrich their communities through public art programs, including public performances, exhibitions, murals on public buildings, design or re-design of parks and public areas, storytelling and poetry reading, and publication. In a nationally representative Pew Research Center survey conducted April 5 to 11, 2017, among 1,501 adults over 18, 51% said it was more important to control gun ownership and 47% said protecting the right to own guns is more important (see long term trends on the publics views about guns). As the richest nation in history, we should not condemn millions of children to a life of poverty, while corporate welfare is increased to historic highs. Employers have a responsibility to protect workers from those hazards. I agree, but gun control isn't directly related to the Green movement, and you don't change hearts and minds with 30 years of less than 3% support. Return of, or fair compensation for, ceded lands. In the wake of the relentless string of mass shootings, the Green Party of New York is releasing this statement on gun violence to kick off an organizing campaign to engage voters and partner with other organizations in an effort to pressure legislators to act decisively. Work performed outside the monetary system has inherent social and economic value, and is essential to a healthy, sustainable economy and peaceful communities. About half of gun owners (53%) say the NRA has the right amount of influence and 29% say it has too much. Fund programs to increase public sensitivity to the needs of the mentally ill and differently abled. Establishment of a National Health Trust Fund that would channel all current Federal payments for health care programs directly into the Fund, in addition to employees' health premium payments. Ban the sale of soda pop and junk food in schools. We aim to stop corporations and others from defrauding consumers or endangering them with defective products or negligence. About twice as many non-gun owners (34%) as gun owners (15%) say some, but not most, types of guns should be available. The Green Party opposes the privatization of Social Security. International cooperation and solidarity among labor organizations, to advance the rights of labor and raise such living standards globally, are essential to combat this trend. Extend background checks to all private sales of firearms.. Protect victims' rights. We must stop using our tax dollars to subsidize corporate agribusiness and to promote poverty in Latin America, and start using them to help reward environmentally responsible family farmers, encourage improved infrastructure and economic conditions in Latin America, and raise labor standards, at home and abroad. Build education programs based on autochthonous skills, crafts, art, music, permaculture, and history. We recognize that this would be impractical without reciprocity between nations. Enforce and strengthen the federal Fair Housing Act and other federal and state fair-housing laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, familial status and national origin. Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, 2. The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world without a national health care system. The Green Party is strongly opposed to the dissolution of public schools and the privatization of education. Teach non-violent conflict resolution and humane education at all levels of education. Estimates of human trafficking in the U.S. vary greatly from 18,000 to 50,000 to over 100,000 with a worldwide estimate of 12.5 million, mostly women and children. The Green Party's agenda for gun control laws includes a requirement that all purchasers of firearms attend a gun safety and first aid course; basic competency and mental hygiene for firearm purchasers; a moratorium on gun sales following any mass shooting that has gained national prominence the "copycat window"; and a ban on assault . 12 stats to help inform the gun control debate. The Green Party will enact a policy that the U. S. Government recognize all same sex marriages or legal equivalents such as civil unions, in processing visitor and immigration visas. It is already invading our privacy. (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. Require that each state prison system install a rehabilitation administrator with equal authority as the highest authority. Just a third of gun owners and only 12% of non-gun owners support allowing people to carry guns without a permit. Young people should have input into the direction and pace of their own education, including input into the operation of their educational institutions. The Green Party shall strive to secure universal and effective recognition and observance of the principles and spirit expressed in the United National Universal Declaration of Human Rights as an international standard that all nations must meet. The ever-widening gap between rich and poor is destructive of democracy and creates an uneven playing field for economic opportunity. Profits in privately run prisons are derived from understaffing, which severely reduces the acceptable care of inmates. We believe that federal, state, and local governments must remain neutral regarding religion. Close the Private Gun Sale Loophole, Finally. Other political parties on Gun Control: Republican Party on other issues: . Furthermore, those who think gun laws should be less strict are more likely to contact public officials on the issue (22% have ever done so), compared with those who think gun laws should be stricter (15%) or are about right (10%). Grant amnesty and release from confinement without any further parole or probation, those who have been incarcerated for the use, sale, or cultivation of marijuana in federal and state prisons and in county/city jails, and who otherwise are without convictions for victim oriented crimes, or who do not require treatment for abuse of hard drugs. Today, however, our country is among the most extreme examples of industrialized nations that have a widening gap between the wealthy and the rest of its citizenry the working poor, the struggling middle class, and those who increasingly cannot make ends meet. While relatively few people have ever contacted public officials about guns (15%) or given money to organizations taking positions on the issue (16%), gun owners are more politically engaged on gun issues than other Americans. It is clear that we cannot rely on the rich to regulate their profit-making excesses for the good of society through "trickle-down economics." The Green Party affirms the right of all persons to self-determination with regard to gender identity and sex. Exam 2 - Hopkins. As with views of specific gun policy proposals, opinions about whether gun laws in the U.S. generally should be stricter or less strict are divided by partisanship, gun ownership and community type. Yet how will state legislatures and agencies, under pressure from more powerful interests, react? Corporations receiving public subsidies must provide jobs that pay a living wage, observe basic workers' rights, and agree to affirmative action policies. More than a third of Republicans who do not own guns (35%) support stricter gun laws in the U.S., compared with just 10% of Republican gun owners. The AIDS epidemic has not had adequate public health management at all government levels. International cooperation and solidarity among labor organizations, to advance the rights of labor and raise such living standards globally, are essential to combat this trend. Greens oppose the increasingly widespread privatization of prisons. The current system of quotas and preferences has to be thoroughly and realistically reformed. The shooter is purported to have written a manifesto related to the shooting, calling the act a response to The Hispanic invasion of Texas., The propaganda that leads to this hatred towards our Latinx community violates the ideals this country supposedly stands for, said GPUS co-chair Justin Beth. Provide funding for publicly built affordable housing, including funding for non-profit corporations that build affordable housing. We call for implementation of family planning education for both genders in all levels of the state school system. We advocate an end to employer sanctions, which have been shown to hurt not only undocumented workers but also U.S.-born workers (especially those of color). Millions of immigrants and supporters of justice for immigrants have marched in the streets. Lack of funding also increases the necessity ofplacing them in long-term, locked facilities. PO Box 75075, Washington, DC 20013[emailprotected]202.319.7191. Incentivize "grow your own teacher" programs in oppressed communities with targeted recruitment during high school, federal grants and loan forgiveness and mentoring. Green Party Releases Statement on Gun Control In addition, people would gain the peace of mind in knowing that they have health care they need. Preventive diplomacy, a strong economy and humane trade relations are our best defense. We support efforts to overcome the effects of over 200 years of racial discrimination. We should challenge students with great works of literature, economics, philosophy, history, music, and the arts as regular academic subjects. We support efforts to overcome these legal handicaps, especially in the South and Southwest where the laws are most hostile. Minimize isolation of prisoners from staff and one another only as needed for safety. Clinics must be accessible and must offer advice on contraception and the means for contraception; consultation about abortion and the performance of abortions, and; abortion regardless of age or marital status. We urge that the term "domestic violence" be replaced by the term "violence," because "domestic violence" is not perceived as real violence, which leads to it not being treated legally and practically for the violence that it is. Allocate adequate funding to support community-based programs that provide out-patient medical services, case management services and counseling programs. Young people should be provided the opportunity to express themselves in their own media, including television, radio, films and the Internet. Ensure the opportunity for victims to make victim-impact statements. Students of color, English learners and students with disabilities used to be able to count on federal oversight of their basic rights in school. Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks. Other political parties on Gun Control: Tea Party on other issues: . We firmly support the separation of church and state, but we also acknowledge the spiritual dimension of life, and we honor the cultivation of various types of spiritual experience in our diverse society. Green Party on the Issues Prison Conditions, Prisoner Treatment and Parolees. We favor strong measures to combat official racism in the forms of police brutality directed against people of color. We must address all peoples humanitarian needs as we chart a course toward a less cumbersome pathway to citizenship. We advocate reinvesting a significant portion of the military budget into family support, living-wage job development, and work training programs. Include a vigorous and engrossing civics curriculum in later elementary and secondary schools, to teach students to be active citizens. This will further intensify the human rights disaster our immigration policy has become, as well as seriously harm border ecosystems. The Green Party recognizes that our nation's ostensibly color-blind systems of law enforcement and crime control, from police practices to prosecutorial prerogatives, to mandatory sentencing and zero-tolerance have effectively constituted an ubiquitous national policy of racially selective mass incarceration, a successor to Jim Crow as a means of social control, a policy that must be publicly discussed, widely recognized, and ultimately reversed. And as union membership falls, so do the wages of all working people, union and non-union alike. Employer abuses of undocumented workers are rampant. We emphasize that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. We support the establishment of a 4-day work week with no cut in pay and at least one month of paid vacation per year for all workers. The Green Party supports single-payer universal health care and preventive care for all. "Thoughtful, carefully considered gun control such as is contained in the Brady Bill (1993). Educate students in grade school and higher education with courses in the environmental sciences, with a focus on the hands-on practice of Conservation Agriculture, with organic, community farming/gardening, increased emphasis on energy conservation, exposure to industrialized food production through field trips and educational films (at an appropriate age), and other courses that include a comprehensive curriculum on climate change, biodiversity, and other planetary boundaries and environmental concerns.
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