Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing

Learn why the Stand Together Community is involved in Immigration reform, our Community position on Immigration, and how the Stand Together Community views Immigration through the lens of our Vision and the four mutually reinforcing principles: Equal Rights | Mutual Benefit | Openness | Self-Actualization.

Show Notes

Show: 008 Top Priority Podcast | Immigration Priority Initiative  
Date Recorded: January 28, 2020
Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy 
Guests: Jorge Lima, Senior Vice President of Policy, Americans for Prosperity

Show Notes & Timestamps
  • What does our Community believe about Immigration? min [1:52]
We Stand Together to help every person rise—and we believe that every person has the ability to contribute.
  • How are governmental restrictions on immigration barriers for Americans too? min [9:12]
  • Our Community wants an immigration system that is open to those who want to contribute and add value to America and keeps out those who seek to do American harm. min [10:48]
The proper role of government is to protect the rights of the individual—thus the proper role of the government on the border is to protect America from those who seek to do us harm.
  • Our Community advocates for a secure border and a streamlined system of vetting immigration because a convoluted, complicated legal immigration system, inadvertently incentivizes illegal immigration and diverts resources away from protecting the country from those who seek to do us harm. min [13:10] 
  • How does our Community approach Immigration through the framework of our Vision—transforming society by breaking barriers? min [21:03]

**Our border shouldn’t be a barrier to human flourishing, Our border should be a barrier only to those who want to harm Americans. The boarder exists to provide protection and safety for Americans and an orderly place of entry into the American experiment.**

The Stand Together Community 

What is Top Priority | Ideas for Human Flourishing?

We have a deep belief in people and promote ideas of human flourishing.

Top Priority is a collection of interactive, learning-oriented conversations on how the Stand Together Community engages with and advocates for solutions through the lens of our Community Vision: We transform society by breaking the internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential, enabling all people to improve their lives and find fulfillment by helping others do the same.

The Stand Together Community Vision is guided by four, mutually reinforcing principles: Equal Rights | Mutual Benefit | Openness | Self-Actualization

Explore the free and civil society through the lens of each of these four mutually reinforcing principles and stand together to help every person rise.

Top Priority is a production of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Grassroots Leadership Academy, where we make Human Flourishing a top priority.