We call for an increase in funding for research and development on the prevention and treatment of AIDS, along with an increase in educational efforts on AIDS and its prevention. This must extend to ALL types of research. We must not continue to meekly let the pharmaceutical cartels dictate the treatments. Research must be done with the sole goal of what works best and what does the least harm and not what gives the greatest profits. Researchers must not be allowed to take bribes, bonuses, payoffs or perks from the pharmaceutical corporations.
Most immigrants come to the U.S. in response to cyclical demands in the labor market.
Keeping workers illegal just makes them more vulnerable to exploitation and illegal actions by employers. This makes them an attractive labor source which, in turn, increases their demand. This cycle of oppression and exploitation is the equivalent of a modern-day slave trade. Seasonal labor demands country-wide should be allowed to be filled by foreign workers using work visas, with these workers subject to US wage, tax, and labor laws. The Employer Sanctions provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act should be repealed as ineffective.