To sign on to the resolution, fill out this form by June 2nd.

Whereas Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members across the country organize on a daily basis for anti-imperialism, immigrant justice, labor rights, ecosocialism, and many other issues, with a core belief in solidarity between the workers of the world and an international socialist movement;

Whereas DSA is an internationalist socialist organization, and as such it recognizes that socialists fight to build working class power for all people, regardless of immigration status or country of residence;

Whereas borders serve to undermine the international working class, by pitting immigrant and citizen workers in America — and foreign and American workers — against each other in a race to the bottom;

Whereas border and immigration enforcement are tools of white supremacy, capitalism and imperialism;

Whereas borders, their creation, and their enforcement, erase the existence and sovereignty of indigenous peoples;

Whereas borders are, and will increasingly be, utilized to violently dominate and restrict people’s movement as climate change pushes people from their homes;

Whereas border and interior immigration enforcement threaten immigrant workers’ ability to organize;

Whereas Comprehensive Immigration Reform policies seek to control who “deserves” entrance to and/ or permanence in the US, and offer empty promises of protection for resident immigrants in exchange for increased border enforcement, and thus will continue to undermine solidarity and organizing efforts for immigrant justice;

Whereas immigration policy, and its enforcement practices, are set on the federal level, without democratic input or accountability and thus demands a nationally coordinated response;

Whereas the continual assault on immigrants’ rights from both the right and the center produces a reactionary, short-sighted view on immigration that reinforces border securitization, which pervades even leftist spaces and thus necessitates a positive, radical vision for immigration justice and internationalism;

Be it resolved that DSA supports the demand for open borders;

Be it resolved that DSA supports the the uninhibited transnational free movement of people, the demilitarization of the US-Mexico border, the abolition of ICE and CPB without replacement, decriminalization of immigration, full amnesty for all asylum seekers and a pathway to citizenship for all non-citizen residents;

Be it resolved that DSA develops political education resources to be shared with chapters across the country to deepen and broaden the understanding of the demand for open borders and how to fight for it. These efforts shall be made in coordination between the national Immigrants’ Rights Working Group, the International Committee, and chapters and members across the country working on issues of immigration justice and internationalism;

Be it resolved that DSA recognizes and reflects our support for open borders in our evaluations and endorsement of political campaigns.

Signed by

Elijah Stevens — NYC-DSA & outgoing nat’l Immigrants’ Rights WG OC member

Brandon Rey Ramirez — DSA LA & outgoing nat’l Immigrants’ Rights WG OC member

Yesenia Padilla — San Diego DSA

Eva Lucía — NYC-DSA

Shauna McKenna — San Diego DSA

Zac Echola, Red River Valley DSA, National Steering Committee

Jack Suria Linares — DSA LA

Doug T — MDC-DSA, Co-Chair, Internal OC

Madi M — NYC-DSA

Olivia Katbi Smith, Portland DSA, Co-Chair

Jade K — Omaha DSA, Co-Chair

Michael L Inouye — Honolulu DS, Co-Chair

Laura Colaneri — Chicago DSA, Socialist Feminist Working Group Steering Committee

Austin Gonzalez — Richmond DSA

Jaysonn Vel — Rio Grande Valley DSA

Cassandra C — MDC-DSA, At-Large Steering Committee Member

Theodore Edwards — NYC-DSA, Co-Chair of Bronx/Upper Manhattan Branch

Dan La Botz — NYC-DSA

Sherry Baron — NYC-DSA

Sus Volz — Philly DSA, National Ecosocialist Working Group SC

James Suazo — DSA Long Beach, Co-Chair

Elizabeth — DSA Long Beach

Emiliano Carrillo — DSA Long Beach

Marvin Gonzalez — NYC-DSA

Michael M — NYC-DSA

Jordan Brown — NYC-DSA

Justin Charles — NYC-DSA

Emmy Hammond — NYC-DSA

Rose Sayre — NYC-DSA

Samuel Schenerman — Northern NJ DSA

M Larson — NYC-DSA

Jordan H — Binghamton DSA, Organizing Committee

Kevin Joerger — DSA Long Beach, Local Steering Committee

Tiffany H — DSA Long Beach

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