[Guadalajara, Jal. August 18, 2020] Today The Rhizome Center for Migrants joined over 170 U.S. leading immigration and advocacy organizations in releasing the 2021 Immigration Action Plan, laying out a blueprint for the next administration to restore human dignity to a system weaponized by the Trump administration, reinforce core American values, and power the economic recovery of the nation.

Reenvisioning the country’s immigration system to work in the long term will take a coordinated, clear-eyed effort that aims to benefit immigrant families in every policy initiative and discard the longstanding harsh criminalization and deportation policies that have defined many past administrations.

The plan is centered on ten concrete, actionable, and fully articulated proposals.

• Action 1: Prioritize Equity and Harm Reduction in the Immigration System.
• Action 2: End the Anti-Black and Discriminatory Targeting of Certain U.S. Citizens and Immigrants.
• Action 3: Rebuild the U.S. Economy.
• Action 4: Re-envision Leadership in the Next Administration.
• Action 5: Decriminalize Immigration.
• Action 6: Protect Immigrant Children, Families and Their Communities.
• Action 7: Phase Out Immigration Jails and Fund Community-Based Case Management Programs.
• Action 8: Establish Thriving, Rights-Respecting Borders.
• Action 9: Reimagine the Role of the Immigration Courts.
• Action 10: Restore the Right to Seek and Receive Protection from Persecution, Torture, and Other Serious Human Rights Violations.

These ten actions will both reverse the racism and damage of the Trump years and reshape long standing criminalization and deportation policies that have defined many past administrations. 

Our full press release here.