This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: CREATING A 21ST CENTURY IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Only one party understands that Immigrants make America stronger. Not only do immigrants support us—immigrants are us. 1/11

#Democrats believe detention should be a last resort, not the default. Democrats will prioritize investments in more effective and cost-efficient community-based alternatives to detention. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

#Democrats will end for-profit detention centers and ensure that any facility where migrants are being detained is held to the highest standards of care and guarantees their safety and dignity. 3/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

#Democrats will ensure all detention centers provide access to competent interpreters who speak migrants' native languages and dialects. 4/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

Detention of children should be restricted to the shortest possible time, with their access to education and proper care ensured. 5/11
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#Democrats will prioritize alternatives to detention for individuals with special vulnerabilities—those who are known to be suffering from serious physical or mental illness, who have disabilities, who are elderly, pregnant, or nursing, 6/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

#Democrats will prioritize alternatives to detention for those who demonstrate that they are primary caretakers of children or an infirm person, identify as gay, lesbian, transgender, gender non-conforming, or intersex, or whose detention is otherwise not in the public interest.

#Democrats will implement robust mechanisms for oversight, accountability, and transparency to ensure immigration agencies abide by our values, the U.S. Constitution, and international law.8/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

#Democrats believe immigration judges should be able to operate free of inappropriate political influence, and will support steps to make immigration courts more independent. 9/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ImmigrationReform

#Democrats will demand that leaders of our immigration agencies be Senate-confirmed professionals, 10/11 #DemPartyPlatform #immigrationreform

#Democrats will ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection personnel abide by our values and professional, evidence-based standards and are held accountable for any inappropriate, unlawful, or inhumane treatment.11/11 #DemPartyPlatform