Additionally, the language rights of peoples who were in this land before it became part of the U.S., including Native Americans and Mexicans in the Southwest, must be recognized and respected. Focus on education through a general immersion in nature to understand, hands-on, the intricate dependence of humanity upon the natural world. A major consequence of this law will be the lessening of the ever-widening gap between CEOs' income and workers' pay. The U.S. needs a complete overhaul of its immigration laws, procedures, and programs. Oppose the administration of public schools by private, for-profit entities. ESSA's passing the buck of "test and punish" to the states puts more authority in the hands of people with even less understanding of pedagogy and child development than even the US Department of Education. Oppose efforts to restrict the teaching of scientific information and the portrayal of religious belief as fact. We must stand up for community members who have been excluded, oppressed, and maltreated and for people who have been subjected to multiple systems of oppression and exclusion. Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks. While relatively few people have ever contacted public officials about guns (15%) or given money to organizations taking positions on the issue (16%), gun owners are more politically engaged on gun issues than other Americans. Encourage and support positive approaches to punishment that build hope, responsibility and a sense of belonging. If you mean the views of the Democrat Party- in general, they are liberal, and in favor of gun control. We support efforts to broadly reform the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make this vast agency more responsible and more responsive to tribal governments. Youth are not the property of their parents or guardians, but are under their care and guidance. Increased funding for the arts appropriate to their essential social role at local, state and federal levels of government. Measures to give legal status to undocumented immigrants who graduate from high school in the U.S. and who are otherwise qualified, to allow them to attend colleges and universities on an equal basis with other high school graduates.