Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal
Church, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky from June 13-16, 2005, concerned about serious flaws in the US immigration system, supports the enactment of
legislation which would:
permit the orderly entry of legal workers to the US to respond to
recognized labor force needs;
ensure that close family members be allowed to enter or be
reunited with individuals legally entering the US to accept employment;
permit undocumented migrants residing in the US at the time of
the enactment of legislation to pursue legal residence and eventual citizenship
if they are employed or responding to an offer of employment; and
ensure that migrants working legally in the US be granted the
rights and benefits accorded US workers, including the right to change
employment.