Instead of finger pointing, we should work together. If we let the anti-immigration lobby divide us, only the polluters, loggers and developers will win. Environmentalists, people of color and immigrant communities can and should work together to stop corporations from polluting our air and water and to bring justice to the many communities of color that bear the brunt of toxic poisoning. Together we can stop the corporations that pollute our environment and our children's lungs. Reinforcing anti-immigrant attitudes adds to the climate of discrimination and human rights abuses.
People are a part of the picture.
The challenge is to make our lives sustainable, rather than destructive. To simply eliminate some people from your back yard smacks of selfishness and xenophobia. We pledge to fight any future attempts to pass policies that lay additional burdens on immigrants. New Immigration Restrictions We, the undersigned, regret that the Sierra Club has succumbed to the pressure of the anti-immigration lobby. We affirm that blaming immigrants is misguided and mean-spirited.