New Way Forward Act
For more information on New Way Forward reach out to the Immigrant Defense Project at info@immdefense.org.
New Way Forward advances the following key principles toward dismantling the immigration enforcement legal system that is hurting our communities:
● End mandatory immigration detention, a necessary step to ending mass incarceration of communities of color, including immigrants.
● End laws that create automatic pipelines to deportation through the criminal legal system by removing distorted legal labels in our immigration laws.
● End automatic deportation and summary proceedings for people who have had contact with the criminal legal system.
● End the practices of local police engaging in immigration enforcement and the increased over-policing of communities of color.
● Decriminalize migration by repealing criminal prosecution for illegal entry and reentry.
● Creates a process for people previously ordered deported to apply for the opportunity to come home.
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