Our Guiding Principles
The members of Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Reform (MCIR) may differ in their political viewpoints but are united by their belief that record levels of mass immigration into the U.S. in recent years has negatively impacted America.
MCIR is strongly committed to civility in the public debate of immigration. Nothing said, written or done by MCIR should be cvonstrued as advocating or condoning hostile actions, speech or feeling toward immigrants (legal and/or illegal)
MCIR opposes any legislation or policy that would aid or abet illegal immigration or encourage aliens who are in the country illegally to move to Massachusetts. This type of legislation would include, but not limited to, in-state tuition, driver’s licensing and access to social benefits. MCIR will make every effort to prevent such laws and policies from being enacted and to repeal those already enacted.
MCIR supports the actions of ICE in uncovering and sanctioning instances of employer use of unauthorized workers.
MCIR supports mandatory E-Verify on the state level as well as the federal level.
MCIR supports cooperation between the state and federal governments in locating and removing criminal aliens.
MCIR believes our borders maintain secure with adequate enforcement. MCIR believes the government should take all appropriate measure to assure that no self-described “asylum seekers” take advantage of the administrative backlog of asylum request to enter the country. The federal authorities must continue to work with the authorities of Mexico, Central America and other countries with all applicants for asylum are keeping with the United States laws and international agreements.
MCIR believes the United States does not need “guest workers” or any other program to provide employers with cheap labor. There are more than enough Americans willing and able to fill all jobs at decent wages.
MCIR maintains The United States does not need to import tech workers. There are many skilled graduates in core STEM disciplines to fill industry needs and already has an unlimited pool of technology trained and experience citizens constituting the world’s “best and brightest.”
MCIR believes that legal immigration should be reduced drastically and the criteria by which legal immigrants are selected should be revised fundamentally.
MCIR believes “chain migration” should be ended.
MCIR believes the practice of “birthright citizenship” should be ended.
MCIR believes the current policy of resettling refugees and asylum seekers in the United States should be critically examined.
MCIR is open to humane resolutions of cases of indivuals who are in this country illegally, but blanket amnesty is unacceptable.
MCIR supports the amending and/or repeal of laws that serve as magnets for illegal immigration (driver’s licenses, in-state tuition, sanctuary state laws)
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