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Given the web of treaties protocols and trade agreements that give authority over US citizens in all manner of things, including property, as in the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory birds treaty, The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development signed by the elder Bush, and illegal immigration guaranteed protections by the Summit of the Americas, I would say we don't have real sovereignty anymore.

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Migration

The migration issue has acquired significant importance in the hemisphere within the last decade and has drawn the special attention of the states towards a group that, in view of its vulnerability, is particularly exposed to human rights violations.

In the first Summit of the Americas, that took place in Miami in 1994, the States committed themselves to guarantee the protection of the human rights of all migrant workers and their families. And, taking into consideration the wide mandate that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has in this matter, it created in 1997 the Special Rapporteur for Migrant Workers and their Families.

In the Second Summit of the America's Plan of Action, held in Santiago in 1998, the Heads of State pointed out their intention to make special efforts to guarantee human rights to all migrants, including migrant workers and their families.

And in the Third Summit of the Americas, which took place in Quebec City, Canada, in April 2002, the region's top authorities gave the OAS a special mandate to establish an Inter-American program, within the framework of the OAS, to promote and protect the human rights of migrants, including migrant workers and their families, keeping in mind the activities of the IACHR, and supporting the labor charged to the Special Rapporteur on Migrant Workers of the IACHR and the Special Rapporteur for Migrations of the United Nations.

http://www.summit-americas.org/Quebec-Growth/growth-eng.htm#Migration

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Migration

Recognizing the positive aspects and benefits of orderly migration in countries of origin, transit and destination as a factor contributing to economic growth and national and regional development:

Support initiatives designed to strengthen linkages among migrant communities abroad and their places of origin and promote cooperative mechanisms that simplify and speed up the transfer of migrant remittances and substantially reduce the costs of sending them;

Support voluntary initiatives designed by communities or individuals for the use of funds in investment and productive projects benefitting the general welfare in communities of origin;

Promote the discussion of the migration phenomenon at the hemispheric level with due regard for its multi-dimensional nature and regional differences and, in so doing, consider the inclusion of the topic of migration in discussions on trade and economic integration;

Support programs of cooperation in immigration procedures for cross-border labor markets and the migration of workers, both in countries of origin and destination, as a means to enhance economic growth in full cognizance of the role that cooperation in education and training can play in mitigating any adverse consequences of the movement of human capital from smaller and less developed states;

Strive to ensure that migrants have access to basic social services, consistent with each country's internal legal framework;

Create and harmonize statistical information systems and foster the sharing of information and best practices through the use of new information and communications technologies, with the aim of promoting the modernization of migration management;